Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 16:57:26 -0500 (CDT) From: "John R. Preisler" <john@vapornet.net> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jason@washington.edu> Cc: "John R. Preisler" <john@vapornet.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: netscape freezing Message-ID: <13801.51675.720139.374828@habanero.chili-pepper.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9808301436150.26152-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> References: <13801.48939.25523.642865@habanero.chili-pepper.net> <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9808301436150.26152-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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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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