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Bug#329901: xterm freezes when starting mc



On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 07:05:34PM +0100, Jan Gorski wrote:
> > Or perhaps the xinerama configuration limits the amount of X resource data
> > that is stored, to allow for multiple screens.
> 
> Well, I looked for xinerama bugs, and voila
> 
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3040
> 
> So maybe move this bug to libxinerama package?

yes - that report sounds like what you're seeing.
 
> > If it is only the (size of the) font, you might be able to compare other
> > applications loading the font, to see if they are successful.  xfd would give
> > some insight (though I expect it uses less resources than xterm).  
> 
> xfd loads terminus, but application looks strange (see attached xfd.jpg)
> There is no text above main table, also first column of table is empty.
> It seems to be the same problem as when starting xterm has no visible command
> prompt. Triggering exposure event restores text in xfd correctly.

ok (I don't know the likely failure mode, but can make some guesses)
 
> > A web browser would probably use more resources, though getting it to load a
> > specific font might be hard.
> 
> Probably the other bug (loosing ability to change focus from web browser to
> anything else under fvwm) is also related to fonts and xinerama.

thanks
 
> Regards
> Jan Górski

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