Re: auto-hinding panel killing the X server ...
On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 10:05, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 09:37:03AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> >
> > When logging in this morning, a bad surprise awaited me. Gnome logs in
> > as usual, but when i go to the auto-hiding panel i have at the bottom of
> > the display, instead of un-hiding the panel, the X server just dies.
>
> After a bit more experimenting, i think i solved the problem, i still
> don't know why this happened.
>
> I first went to gconf-editor and marked the panel as unhided, i got to
> the panel, X died, i logged in again, and the panel did not hide itself.
> i then noticed that i could click on any of the icons, except the
> windows list applet, or the empty space on the panel after it. I managed
> to remove the applet (i could not click on the boxes for the windows,
> but i could right click on the applet itself) and added it again, and
> the problem went away.
>
> Real strange stuff.
Indeed. You should know though that an X server crash is always an X
server bug.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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