Comment 3 for bug 181428

I also get a similar error message:
 X Error of failed request: BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter) Major opcode of failed request: 23 (X_GetSelectionOwner) Atom id in failed request: 0x0 Serial number of failed request <variable number>

I have a Windows XP server. I find that at 256 colour it connects fine, and at 640x480 it usually connects fine, except in 15bit color. In 24bit color [640x480] I get an error message after I close it about server not supporting 24 bit color - falling back to 16bit. Don't know if this is related.

If I try 800x600 or greater it seems to always crash, except in 256 color.