Re: Xnest and fonts

[Rupert <rupert.debian@hotpop.com>]

On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 21:49:07 -0400
Kevin Coyner <kevin@rustybear.com> wrote:

> 
> But in trying Xnest, I ran into a problem ... as per the man, I tried
> the simple startup command of 'Xnest :1'.  It does bring up a next, but
> I can't do anything with it.  No clicks and no buttons work.
> 

You need to run something to respond to your clicking, like a window
manager. Try this:

  Xnest :1&
  DISPLAY=:1 ion&

I get the same error messages as you, but they're not fatal. I think
Xnest's font handling is screwed up, as is its keyboard handling. I'd
like to know how to fix this too...

Rupert