Bug#216933: more thoughts on the X_ChangeProperty problem

[aasmund@simula.no (Åsmund Ødegård)]

Tue, 20 Jan skrev Michel Dänzer ned dette:

MD> On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 19:51, Christopher Hart wrote:
>> > > I also started having this problem just this fall.   The tranmetta
>> > > code-morphing bug is still plausible, but unless Joe's laptop is
>> > > significantly different from the p2120 a variety of the other components
>> > > might be at fault.    
>> > 
>> > It seems unlikely to me that we all experienced a similar hardware
>> > problem this fall. What other components did you have in mind?
>> 
>> I guess all I can think of is our video card, I think we've all got the
>> same ATI Rage mobility M-1.   

MD> That's very unlikely (the code which generates that error doesn't have
MD> anything to do with the graphics chip directly), Joey's theory seems
MD> much more likely to me.

I wonder, is it debian-related, or do all linux/X users with P21{1,2}0 have
this problem.

Have any of you posted on some P21xx forums?


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