Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 05:40:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Erik Rothwell <erothwell@callgtn.com> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/28458: Gnome-1.4's use of Xalf out of sync with Linux X support Message-ID: <200106291240.f5TCe3N54881@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/28458; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Erik Rothwell <erothwell@callgtn.com> To: John Merryweather Cooper <jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net> Cc: 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 08:35:32 -0400 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. John Merryweather Cooper wrote: > > >Number: 28458 > >Category: ports > >Synopsis: Gnome-1.4's use of Xalf out of sync with Linux X support > >Confidential: no > >Severity: serious > >Priority: medium > >Responsible: freebsd-ports > >State: open > >Quarter: > >Keywords: > >Date-Required: > >Class: sw-bug > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Wed Jun 27 09:40:01 PDT 2001 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: John Merryweather Cooper > >Release: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386 > >Organization: > >Environment: > System: FreeBSD johncoop.MSHOME 4.3-STABLE FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE #18: Tue Jun 26 11:23:19 PDT 2001 jmcoopr@johncoop.MSHOME:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/JOHNCOOP i386 > > > >Description: > With Gnome-1.4, it is no longer possible to start Linux X ports such as > WordPerfect, StarOffice, RealPlayer, Linux-Netscape, etc. from a menu. > Doing so results in a failure to start the application with various > errors that seem to indicate that the Linux ports are looking for a > Linux version of Xalf. /compat/linux does not provide such support, > and so these (and similar) applications refuse to start from a menu. > > >How-To-Repeat: > Just attempt to start any Linux X port . . . > > >Fix: > > The work-around is to start Linux X ports from an xterm command prompt, > but this is ugly and sort of defeats the purpose of having X in the > first place. Bottom line, /compat/linux's X support needs to be > updated! > >Release-Note: > >Audit-Trail: > >Unformatted: > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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