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> I am having the same (or nearly so) problem with WordPerfect 8 on RedHat
> 6.0, kernel 2.2.14, XFree86 3.3.3.  If I start from a terminal, the
> following message appears:

> An unrecoverable X Window server error has occurred.
> Your WordPerfect documents have been backed up in your backup directory.
> X Error of failed request:  BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
>   Major opcode of failed request:  42 (X_SetInputFocus)
>   Resource id in failed request:  0x5c004e8
>   Serial number of failed request:  14760
>   Current serial number in output stream:  14779

> The splash screen does appear, but nothing else...

> The following four processes hang:

> bby       1741  0.9  2.6 10596  3328   1 S   08:12   0:00
> /opt/wp8/wpbin/xwp
> bby       1742  0.1  0.5  3196   752   1 S   08:12   0:00
> /opt/wp8/shbin10/xwpdest -au
> bby       1743  0.0  0.5  1300   732   1 S   08:12   0:00
> /opt/wp8/shbin10/wpexc
> bby       1745  0.0  0.5  1300   748   1 S   08:12   0:00
> /opt/wp8/shbin10/wpexc

> and must be removed with kill -9.

> The odd thing is, I have been using WP8 perfectly on the same machine
> for about
> two years without any problems.  The problem started about two weeks ago
> and I
> have not upgraded anything in that time nor have I changed any
> configuration files.

> Any ideas about this would be much appreciated.  Thanks in advance or
> Ad(Thanks)vance
> if you prefer.
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> > I have purchased WordPerfect Office 2000 and, after much *, sweat, toil,
> > & tears, managed to get the following working:

> >     Quattro Pro 9
> >     Paradox 9

> > I also installed Corel Photopaint 9 and that works, too.

> > WordPerfect 9, however, shows its splash screen and then disappears. If I
> > run it from a terminal window, I see the following message displayed then
> > nothing:

> > err:winspool:WINSPOOL_GetStringFromRegA Got ret = 2
> > err:winspool:WINSPOOL_GetStringFromRegA Got ret = 2

> > Can anyone help me before I tear out what's left of my hair?

> > Thanks in anticipation.

> > James Mayfield

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> --------------  http://www.veryComputer.com/;Tempe, AZ 85285  480.730.8962

> Greetings,

> I posted this message to another newsgroup last week... time to
> try my luck here.  Thanks...

> > I am having the same (or nearly so) problem with WordPerfect 8 on RedHat
> > 6.0, kernel 2.2.14, XFree86 3.3.3.  If I start from a terminal, the
> > following message appears:

> > An unrecoverable X Window server error has occurred.
> > Your WordPerfect documents have been backed up in your backup directory.
> > X Error of failed request:  BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
> >   Major opcode of failed request:  42 (X_SetInputFocus)
> >   Resource id in failed request:  0x5c004e8
> >   Serial number of failed request:  14760
> >   Current serial number in output stream:  14779

> > The splash screen does appear, but nothing else...

> > The following four processes hang:

> > bby       1741  0.9  2.6 10596  3328   1 S   08:12   0:00
> > /opt/wp8/wpbin/xwp
> > bby       1742  0.1  0.5  3196   752   1 S   08:12   0:00
> > /opt/wp8/shbin10/xwpdest -au
> > bby       1743  0.0  0.5  1300   732   1 S   08:12   0:00
> > /opt/wp8/shbin10/wpexc
> > bby       1745  0.0  0.5  1300   748   1 S   08:12   0:00
> > /opt/wp8/shbin10/wpexc

> > and must be removed with kill -9.

> > The odd thing is, I have been using WP8 perfectly on the same machine
> > for about
> > two years without any problems.  The problem started about two weeks ago
> > and I
> > have not upgraded anything in that time nor have I changed any
> > configuration files.

> > Any ideas about this would be much appreciated.  Thanks in advance or
> > Ad(Thanks)vance
> > if you prefer.

> > Greetings,

> > I posted this message to another newsgroup last week... time to
> > try my luck here.  Thanks...

> > > I am having the same (or nearly so) problem with WordPerfect 8 on RedHat
> > > 6.0, kernel 2.2.14, XFree86 3.3.3.  If I start from a terminal, the
> > > following message appears:

> > > An unrecoverable X Window server error has occurred.
> > > Your WordPerfect documents have been backed up in your backup directory.
> > > X Error of failed request:  BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
> > >   Major opcode of failed request:  42 (X_SetInputFocus)
> > >   Resource id in failed request:  0x5c004e8
> > >   Serial number of failed request:  14760
> > >   Current serial number in output stream:  14779

> > > The splash screen does appear, but nothing else...

> > > The following four processes hang:

> > > bby       1741  0.9  2.6 10596  3328   1 S   08:12   0:00
> > > /opt/wp8/wpbin/xwp
> > > bby       1742  0.1  0.5  3196   752   1 S   08:12   0:00
> > > /opt/wp8/shbin10/xwpdest -au
> > > bby       1743  0.0  0.5  1300   732   1 S   08:12   0:00
> > > /opt/wp8/shbin10/wpexc
> > > bby       1745  0.0  0.5  1300   748   1 S   08:12   0:00
> > > /opt/wp8/shbin10/wpexc

> > > and must be removed with kill -9.

> > > The odd thing is, I have been using WP8 perfectly on the same machine
> > > for about
> > > two years without any problems.  The problem started about two weeks ago
> > > and I
> > > have not upgraded anything in that time nor have I changed any
> > > configuration files.

> > > Any ideas about this would be much appreciated.  Thanks in advance or
> > > Ad(Thanks)vance
> > > if you prefer.
> Are you running an MP3 player, such as xmms?  From perusing the
> WordPerfect newsgroups, it looks like there is a conflict caused by
> these programs locking /dev/dsp.  Note that there are other, non-Corel
> or WINE programs with the same problem - e.g. Mozilla - and the only
> solution I could find suggested was to shut down the MP3 application.

> Hope this helps,
>         John Griggs

> Did you try to change the display color depth to 32 or 16 bits? I
> remember that WP8 has problems with 24.
> Regards