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Re: xterm freeze X



On 25 Aug 2000, Marco Maggesi wrote:

> I have troubles to get X to work on an AlphaServer.  The
> problem is that xterm and (some other X clients like Emacs)
> freeze the X server.  The server starts correctly and the
> window manager works fine.  Various programs (rxvt for
> instance) works too.  But the X server freeze as soon as I
> start an xterm or emacs.  The problem does not appen if the
> server is started by root.
> 
> I do not understand what's going on.  Any idea?

I'm assuming that the system doesn't freeze, only the X server?
Have you checked the logs for any messages that it might have logged?
I'm stumped since I never had this problem on any of my Alphas (although I
don't have an AS400).

C



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