Re: [Fink-beginners] full screen vs rootless

[Martin C. <cos...@wa...>]

Stan Sanderson wrote:

> I've looked at the archives but haven't found anything effective.
> 
> I installed Fink from scratch on a new 17" G4 iMac. I activated the 
> unstable branch, installed XFree86 v 4.3 and Gnome2. I'm using Metacity 
> as my window manager. All files are up-to-date. I've also installed and 
> am using a number of applications, all of which are working (Gnumeric, 
> Scribus, Gimp, etc.).
> 
> However, things work only if I start up in Rootless mode. If Full Screen 
> is selected, X-windows quits shortly after the Gnome splash screen appears.

This could be related to a bug in xfree86 that was discussed recently on 
an XonX forum, see https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=2155420

-- 
Martin