Re: [SLUG] X and SuSE (was Strange but interesting DHCP problem with Mandrake 8.0)

From: patrick grantham (pwgrant@mailandnews.com)
Date: Tue May 15 2001 - 14:14:07 EDT


I should clarify. The ONLY happens via telnet or ftp form another station.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Smitty" <76543a@mpinet.net>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] X and SuSE (was Strange but interesting DHCP problem
with Mandrake 8.0)

> The exact difficulty is when the window manager is not running, for a
> moment between login and logout, normally a gray background should be
> displayed. In this case, there are several dark verticle bars across
> the screen. When the window manager is running, the black fonts are
> bolder where the verticle bars are located. Anyone have any insights?
>
> Smitty
>
> Paul M Foster wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 01:03:16AM -0400, Norbert Cartagena wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I don't know how you can debug it. I installed Mandrake 8 about two
> > > > weeks ago and it broke on me when I transferred home directory
files.
> > > > There are too many bugs and a paucity of documentation on that
> > > > distribution for my purposes. I am using SuSE 7.1 and have found
only
> > > > one bug in the Xserver.
> > > > Smitty
> > >
> > >
> > > Just wondering, can I ask what? I've been having some odd problems
with
> > > it too and maybe they;re related (I thought it had only to do with my
> > > laptop/video card). Once in a while X just *poof* dies on me. Similar?
> > >
> >
> > Just a shot in the dark, but try turning off gpm and seeing if X still
> > randomly dies.
> >
> > Paul



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