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From: John Merryweather Cooper <jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net>
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Subject: Re: ports/28458: Gnome-1.4's use of Xalf out of sync with Linux X support
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On 2001.06.29 17:45 Erik Rothwell wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 

Yes, this works although I don't appear to get any Xalf functionality
in this mode (probably some more tweaking).  Still, this qualifies as
the best work-around yet.  :)

Thanks

jmc


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