Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 20:45:27 -0400 From: Erik Rothwell <erothwell@callgtn.com> To: John Merryweather Cooper <jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/28458: Gnome-1.4's use of Xalf out of sync with Linux X support Message-ID: <3B3D2127.E727C760@callgtn.com> References: <200106291630.f5TGU3k95517@freefall.freebsd.org>
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John Merryweather Cooper wrote: > > The following reply was made to PR ports/28458; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: John Merryweather Cooper <jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net> > To: erothwell@callgtn.com > Cc: John Merryweather Cooper <jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net>, > FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: ports/28458: Gnome-1.4's use of Xalf out of sync with Linux X support > Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 09:22:44 -0700 > > On 2001.06.29 05:35 Erik Rothwell wrote: > > You can fix this easily by going Control Center > Launch Feedback > > > [x] > > "Do not distinguish between windows (compatibility mode)." I don't > > know > > why this fixes the problem, exactly, but it does. (At least for I.) > > > > Erik. > > > > The workaround works by disabling (completely) Xalf. With Xalf > disabled, no calls are made by Linux apps to (non-existant) Linux-Xalf > libraries . . . > > jmc Xalf still works when you do this, including for things like linux-netscape & StarOffice. I remember having to fiddle with it to get the linux-based apps to show launch feedback, but, they work when you enable this "do not distinguish between windows" mode. Erik. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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