in reply to Embedded xterm problem in perl tk

tried to connect to session manager, None of the authentication protocols specified are supported

What Window Manager are you using? Some window managers are not fully compliant to the ICCWM standards. See Inter_client_communication standard

It is likely your window manager dosn't support the "into xid" option.

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