EXAMPLE ------- To capture an xclock process displayed on an Xstation. In this example: boxer is a RISC/6000 which xrecorder and xclock will be running from. (the RISC/6000 must have X11 installed and running on it) dots is the "problem" Xstation/Xserver which will be displaying xclock. (boxer is included in dots xhost list) STARTING XRECORDER ------------------ From a boxer Xwindow, start xrecorder with following command: xrecorder -v -input boxer:2 -output dots:0 -display boxer:0 & (if it complains about a unix socket number, delete /tmp/.X11-unix/X2 and restart xrecorder) RECORDING --------- Use the Xrecorder gui to give the record file a name: - select file_menu - select record_file_menu - in the Selection box, key in a desired name for the record file, press OK. (this will put you back at the file_menu) When you are ready to start recording: - select record_button (at bottom of file_menu) to start recording. (Be selective about what you capture with xrecorder -- try and capture just the problem occuring, and not alot of other non-important data) From a boxer Xwindow start the xclock: xclock -display boxer:2 On the Xstation dots, you will see the xclock client. You will see the Xprotocols being captured in the curr_proto_label box on the Xrecorder gui. Once the problem has occured, press the stop_button on the Xrecorder gui. In this example, stop the recording once the xclock is displayed on Xstation. PLAY BACK ---------- You can now play back the capture to verify that the problem indeed can be re-created. For this example: Stop the xlock client being displayed on the Xstation. On the Xrecorder gui: - select file_menu - select replay_file_menu - key in the file name you just recorded to, and press OK - select play_button on the file_menu On the Xstation you should see the xclock which is being displayed with the captured data file. On the Xrecorder gui you will see the Xprotocols in the curr_proto_label box. RE-RECORDING ------------ If you need to re-do the recording, press the reset_button on the file_menu. Now you can do a new recording.