Re: X crashes when switching from VC
On Wed, 12 Mar 1997, Heikki Vatiainen wrote:
> I have noticed almost the same behaviour. When I change from a VC back to X
> and right after that use the accelerator keys (Alt-Left, Alt-Right) to change
> between virtual desktops I usually get thrown back to a VC.
[...]
> I use Matrox Mill. 4MB with 24bit 1280x1024 and SVGA server version 3.2A. The
> exactly same things happened with the 3.2 server too.
>
> Brian K Servis wrote:
>
> > Occasionally when I switch from a VC back to X(alt-f7) and try and use
> > the mouse immediately X crashes and exits.
I am using a Diamond Stealth 64 Trio64 w/2MB DRAM, just like Brian.
(Though I only run in 1024x768, 16bpp.) Anyway, the odd startup symptom
*I* note is that sometimes, when start up X and immediately launch an
rxvt, xearth (a neat background program) doesn't succeed in starting up.
The error messages (which I don't have handy) say something about a
'BadWindow'. If I don't launch an rxvt immediately, there are no problems.
I can't see anything in common among these symptoms, but they are weird.
Sincerely,
Ray Ingles (810)377-7735 inglesra@frc.com
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