From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Aug 31 14:45:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA16469 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 14:45:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay-2.mail.demon.net (disperse.demon.co.uk [158.152.1.77]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA16454 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 14:45:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from post.demon.co.uk ([(null)]) by relay-2.mail.demon.net id aa01343; 31 Aug 96 22:44 BST Received: from longacre.demon.co.uk ([158.152.156.24]) by relay-3.mail.demon.net id aa19646; 31 Aug 96 22:44 BST From: Michael Searle Message-ID: To: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Has anyone run x11perf on 2.1.5-RELEASE? References: <199608311714.KAA29417@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 22:24:24 BST X-Mailer: Offlite 0.09 / Termite Internet for Acorn RISC OS Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk owner-hackers-digest@freefall.freebsd.org wrote: >>> So, while running x11perf, the X Server is *SUPPOSED* to slow down and >>> eventually die when I try to move the mouse? >> It isn't supposed to die (although it often looks dead in this >> situation). > Well, it did die. > Although this might have been due to the window manager -- fvwm. I've > noticed that it is terribly sensitive and dies at the drop of a hat. It's never died on me (version 1, 2 or 95). Unless you have a really old version, you probably have some other problem that is causing both the X server to die running x11perf and fvwm to die before. Haven't a clue what it is though. :( -- Michael Searle - searle@longacre.demon.co.uk