Re: gnome instability since yesterday update
On Don, 2003-01-16 at 18:04, christophe barbe wrote:
> Yesterday I have made an apt-get upgrade of debian/unstable. This
> upgrade included the new gtk libraries and the new gcc stuff (My last
> upgrade was before that gcc 3.2 hit unstable).
> Since this upgrade I have a lot of instabillity always with the same
> result: X shutdown. For example if I launch gnumeric, X is killed
> without further information. In evolution a few mails in my inbox cause
> this. I though it was because evolution for powerpc was outdated, so I
> have built the current package in unstable/x86 (which build fine despite
> the poor packaging) but got the same result.
>
> Are you seeing the same thing?
>
> I first thought that it was related to the new font handling (I am still
> nearly convinced it is the problem) but it could be gcc related.
An X server crash is always an X server bug. Do you load the freetype
module in the XF86Config-4 module section? People have reported problems
with it.
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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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