From: Stan S. <phy...@am...> - 2003-08-31 21:51:41
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On Sunday, August 31, 2003, at 04:29 PM, Martin Costabel wrote: > 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 Alexander- yes, I did start from terminal (startx -- -fullscreen, if I remember correctly) and used the terminal output to provide keywords for the archive search. Unfortunately, I don't remember what the output was and the machine is in my shop so I can't try it now. Martin- When I return to the shop Tuesday, I'll try other resolutions. Obviously, the ability to work rootless greatly decreases concern about the problem. I am using the same setup in both Full Screen and Rootless modes on a 15" G4 Ti PB. Thanks as always for your help and suggestions. Regards, Stan |