How to set the "record extension" on XServer

[pgarrigue]

I try to use the XNEE application to record and replay a scenario on Ubuntu.
I'v got this following error :

error 35: "Record memory failure - Xnee failed due to bad data received from RECORD extension".

I've read XNEE faq and it seems the "record" extension is not loaded on XServer.
The /etc/X11/xorg.conf file must be modified to resolve it.

On my ubuntu distribution, I don't have any xorg.conf file.

Do you know how to set the record extension on Xserver ?

Thanks a lot.

Philippe

[hesa]

For a while there have been problems in X (more precisely the RECORD extension). The printout you see from Xnee is related to that.

You don't need to enable the RECORD extension. That is most likely already enabled by default in Ubuntu. To check that, do:
xdpyinfo | grep -c RECORD
If you get "1" back, you're ok

I suggest you update your Ubuntu as much as possible and go for the latest Xnee out there.

There is a cnee binary built every night, grab it here:

http://itupw056.itu.chalmers.se/xnee/install/bin/cnee

Download that by either:
curl http://itupw056.itu.chalmers.se/xnee/install/bin/cnee -o cnee
or
wget http://itupw056.itu.chalmers.se/xnee/install/bin/cnee
and then
chmod a+x ./cnee

and test Xnee like this:
./cnee --record --mouse --keyboard --data-to-record 10