Xfree86 v4 issues ?
quintaq@yahoo.co.uk
Sat, 16 Dec 2000 17:12:06 -0000
Hi,
Sorry if the following merely reveals my ignorance, but here goes.
For a while now I have had a project to upgrade my hardware and
migrate fully to linux. I spent some time experimenting with various
WMs on the old setup (bx board / celeron / Matrox Millennium
G400, SuSE 6.3, Xfree86 v3.x), and decided to go with AS. I had
my experimental installation working very well, although I know I
still had much to learn.
I upgraded the hardware (815e board / PIII 800 / same graphics
card), and installed SuSE 7 with Xfree86 v4. I downloaded and
installed the current AS. The result is that the default look (and
several others) crash the X server with a Sig 11 whenever I click a
window's minimise button. One or two other looks (eg "purple"), do
not, however do this. I therefore switched to purple and continued
installing my software. Unfortunately even with this setup I get
occasional Sig 11 crashes, whose unpredictability and damned-
nuisanceness would do credit to the boys at Redmond. Sometimes
the crash comes when moving a window, somethimes when giving
it focus, other times for no reason I can detect.
I have not been able to pay close attention to the list for the past
couple of months, - but I do not think that I have seen any mention
of similar problems. Is it just me ? Is it likely to be my my
hardware or something about my configuration of Xfree86 v4 - or is
there some deeper incompatibility with v4 ?
I really do *not* want to give up using AS - but nor do I want to
abandon v4, not least because I like the integrated support for
TrueType fonts.
Any help will be very gratefully received.
Regards,
Geoff
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