[mesa-users] PGSTAR/PGPLOT Problems (XErrorEvent: BadDrawable)

[Josiah Schwab]

Hi All,

I have been having intermittent problems with PGSTAR windows over ssh.

My PGSTAR windows die with the message

  PGPLOT /xw: XErrorEvent: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)
  PGPLOT /xw: Major opcode of failed request: 70
  PGPLOT /xw: Lost PGPLOT window 1.

but the MESA run itself continues as normal.

It's not clear to me this error is in any way MESA's "fault, but I was
wondering if anyone has any experience with this kind of error?

I have been unable to produce a deterministic test case.  The problem
does not happen at the same time step in two identical runs, though it
does almost always happen if the run goes long enough (~10^3 steps).

I'm using mesa-r6596 and the July 15, 2014 SDK on a Linux system.  It's
a university-operated cluster; I don't know the exact set-up.  This is
the only machine where I run MESA and use PGSTAR over ssh, so I can't
say whether it's just some peculiarity with this specific situation.

Thanks,
Josiah