Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 21:31:33 -0400 From: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca> To: "John R. Preisler" <john@vapornet.net> Cc: "Jason C. Wells" <jason@washington.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: netscape freezing (hope it will help) Message-ID: <35E9FCF5.1001A148@aei.ca> References: <13801.48939.25523.642865@habanero.chili-pepper.net> <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9808301436150.26152-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> <13801.51675.720139.374828@habanero.chili-pepper.net>
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John R. Preisler wrote:
>
> I do not use an .Xresources file. This is XFree86 3.3.2 out of the
> box.
>
> -j
>
> Jason C. Wells writes:
> > On Sun, 30 Aug 1998, John R. Preisler wrote:
> >
> > >netscape:
> > >X Error of failed request: BadLength (poly request too large or
> > >internal Xlib length error)
> > > Major opcode of failed request: 60 (X_FreeGC)
> > > Serial number of failed request: 44851
> > > Current serial number in output stream: 44853
> > > Widget hierarchy of resource: unknown
> >
> > >and then it freezes. top says netscape is still in select, but it
> > >wont respond to ctrl-{c,z} and must be specifically sent a kill
> > >signal. This problem manifests itself most frequently when using
> > >scrollbars.
> > >
> > >
> > >psm0 at 0x60-0x64 irq 12 on motherboard
> > >psm0: model IntelliMouse, device ID 3
> > >
> > >
> > >is what dmesg shows. Ive tried multiple mice in both serial and ps/2
> > >mode and this problem is easily reproducable either way. I run
> > >3.0CAM-19980712-SNAP on an asus p2b-ls logic board with a microsoft
> > >intellimouse pro and ibm kb-8923 keyboard. Everything else works
> > >fine, otherwise. I've rebuilt X from source and remade world but
> > >neither solved the problem. Any tips/suggestions?
> >
> > I doubt this is a mouse problem.
> >
> > How do you handle .Xresources? Do you merge them? Your X inititialization
> > file should have an entry...
> >
> > xrdb -merge .Xresources
> >
> > ... or something similar depending on how you have your Xwindows
> > initialized.
> >
> > If you use xrdb -load (the default for xrdb) then all of your Netscape
> > defined application defaults will be overwritten for that X session.
> >
> > I do not know for sure if this will solve your problem. I am guessing that
> > you are wiping out some Xresources.
> >
> > Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering
> > Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/
> >
>
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Maybe it will help, not sure. Mine crash when the internet is going
down.
I need to kill -9 to make it die.
Cya
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