[Trlog] Trlog ver. 0.56 bug - SOLVED

[Martin Kratoska]

Oh, qterminal was the culprit! After switching to xterm all works as usual.
TNX for adice!

73,
Martin, OK1RR

Dne 29. 03. 23 v 18:45 w9cf at arrl.net napsal(a):
> Martin,
> Your error:
> 
> X Error of failed request:  BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
> Major opcode of failed request:  33 (X_GrabKey)
> Resource id in failed request:  0x0
> Serial number of failed request:  11
> Current serial number in output stream:  18
> 
> indicates that the WINDOWID environment variable is not set correctly. An
> xterm always sets this automatically as described on its man page. So I
> believe the most likely explanations are that either this environment
> variable is getting reset by something else, or you are not using an
> xterm, and instead are using a terminal program that does not set this
> environment variable.
> 
> You can check if this is the problem, by typing
> echo $WINDOWID
> or
> set |grep -i windowid
> in the TR terminal window. If you get something like an 8 digit number
> the WINDOWID is set.
> 
> If you are using another terminal program you could probably work around
> this problem by setting the WINDOWID environment variable by hand,
> for example, with xdotool installed, starting TR with
> 
> WINDOWID=`xdotool getactivewindow` trlog
> 
> but there are likely other incompatibilities when using anything other
> than a genuine xterm.
> 
> Let me know if this fixes your problem or if there is something else
> going on.
> 
> 73 Kevin w9cf
> 
> On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 01:34:29AM +0200, Martin Kratoska wrote:
>> Hello Kevin,
>>
>> here is. I should try to compile 0.56 for my Odroid N2+ (arm64) to see if it
>> will behave differently.
>>
>> 73,
>> Martin, OK1RR
>>
>>
>> -------- Přeposlaná zpráva --------
>> Předmět: Trlog ver. 0.56 bug
>> Datum: Sun, 26 Mar 2023 09:14:42 +0200
>> Od: Martin Kratoska <martin at ok1rr.com>
>> Adresa pro odpověď: martin at ok1rr.com
>> Komu: trlog at contesting.com
>> Kopie: treen6tr at gmail.com
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> greetings from Prague!
>>
>> The attached pic shows what happens here if attempting to start Trlog.
>> Compilation without any problem.
>>
>> post works as usual.
>>
>> Tested on Lubuntu 22.10. This problem appears since ver. 0.54 (0.53 was the
>> last working version).
>>
>> The program seems very promising. I am a long-time TRlog fan since 90's. I
>> wrote many configurations also for known contesters like Fred, K3ZO :-) I am
>> very happy to see the TRlog rejuvenated for Linux!
>>
>> 73,
>> Martin, OK1RR
> 
>