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To: 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 
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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.

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