PM56382: HAVING ISSUES WITH XWINDOW CLIENT WHILE LAUNCHING PMT

APAR status

• Closed as Permanent restriction.

Error description

• The program 'Eclipse' received an X Window System error.
  
  This probably reflects a bug in the program.
  The error was 'BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)'.
    (Details: serial 138 error_code 3 request_code 42 minor_code
  0)
    (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported
  asynchronously;
     that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
     To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
     option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
     backtrace from your debugger if you break on the
  gdk_x_error()
  function.)
  Eclipse:
  JVM terminated. Exit code=1
  /usr/WAS/IBM/WebSphere8/java/jre/bin/javaw
  -Xbootclasspath/a:/usr/WAS/IBM/WebSphere8/lib/bootstrap.jar
  -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/usr/WAS/IBM/WebSphere8/endorsed_apis:/usr/
  WAS/IBM/
  WebSphere8/java/jre/lib/endorsed
  
  
  Along with below error,
  
  java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Could not load SWT library.
   Reasons: /root/.ibm/WebSphere/AppServer/configurations/WCT8/
   org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/51/1/.cp/libswt-pi-gtk-3659.a
   (A file or directory in the path name does not exist.)
  
  
  Both above errors are due to the issue in eclipse i.e
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=366230
   -
  This problem also affects the migration command used to start
  the
  Websphere Customization Toolbox.
  A log is created that shows:
    !ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2012-06-13 14:55:04.178
    !MESSAGE Application error
    !STACK 1
    org.eclipse.swt.SWTError: No more handles [gtk_init_check()
    failed]
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  Some AIX users running 64-bit WebSphere     *
  *                  Application Server (rare)                   *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: PMT GUI fails to launch                 *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  When trying to launch PMT using X-Window client, it fails to
  render the GUI and throws a X-Window system error
  

Problem conclusion

• See the temporary fix section for work-around.
  

Temporary fix

• 1) Goto: {WAS_HOME}/bin/profileManagent/eclipse64/
  
  2) Edit pmt.sh by adding "-nosplash" option before "-vm" as
  shown below:
  ./eclipse -perspective
  com.ibm.ws.pmt.views.standalone.perspectives.standAlonePerspecti
  ve -nosplash -vm "%WAS_HOME%\java\jre\bin\javaw.exe"
  
  3) Save the file and now run pmt.sh
  
  4) You will not see the splash screen but PMT GUI would come
  up
  
  Apply the above steps for wct.sh
  

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Fix information

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