[pkg-x2go-devel] Bug#766299: nxproxy: BIG-REQUESTS patch builds but fails at runtime

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi Paul,

I will get you together with one of our NX adepts over the weekend. Could you join us on IRC (#x2go at Freenode)?

I will be travelling during the day and only be scarce online...

Mike

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----- Original message -----
> Dear Mike,
> 
> Could you explain to me, or point me to some documentation, about the
> use of sequence numbers in X11 generally, and in nxproxy specifically?
> Even more specifically, as noted in my latest patches:
> 
> ClientChannel.cpp:
>               // With outputOpcode=X_UnmapSubwindows mostly we get
> sequenceNum=0,             // sometimes (rarely) get sequenceNum = 256. Maybe
> surprising, but             // "normal" and should be accepted.
> 
> ServerChannel.cpp:
>               // We normally get inputSequence=0 for
> inputOpcode=X_UnmapSubwindows
> 
> Should nxproxy "accept" those zeroes, or should it handle them in some
> special way? Do any other opcodes reply with a zeroed sequence number?
> 
> Am I on the wrong track, barking up the wrong tree?
> 
> Thanks, Paul
> 
> Paul Szabo     psz at maths.usyd.edu.au     http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
> School of Mathematics and Statistics     University of Sydney       Australia
>