[svlug] Xwindows fonts corrupt during use of netscape

[reset@mbay.net]

Well superprobe told me I had a 4meg S3 virge, I had setup the Xserver with
2meg.  Hopefully this solves the issue, once I've had the time to test it I'll
let you know.

Ron P.
On 22-Sep-98 reset at mbay.net wrote:
> hrmm, I think i have the fandango one, all the fonts corrupt, but no error
> message, *sigh*.  Pictures and xterm text are not effected, and the only way
> to
> fix it seems to be restart the X server.
> 
> 
> Ron P.
> 
> On 22-Sep-98 Nick Moffitt wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 22, 1998 at 11:58:18AM -0700, Rafael Skodlar wrote:
>>> On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Nick Moffitt wrote:
>>> 
>>> .........
>>> > 
>>> >    I've seen this happen on Don Marti's Low Road machine.
>>> >    Presumably it's doing a little fandango on core somewhere.  Do
>>> >    you have your X server configured for the correct amount of
>>> >    video memory?
>>> > 
>>> >    Another classic Netscape bug is the corruption of text within
>>> >    a text entry box (such as the URL entry box or a filled-in
>>> >    form field from a web page).  Have you seen this happening at
>>> >    all?
>>> 
>>> Yes, the way I solve it is restart the Netscape. This problem came
>>> up in RH5.x distributions. I have 2 systems with RH5.0 and RH5.1
>>> both doing the same crazy things. URL messed up and error message
>>> about fonts over the whole screen.
>> 
>>       This may work for the textbox problem, but not for the
>> font-fandango problem.  I find that on Don Marti's machine (it's the
>> one next to the couch at Electric Lichen), I have to completely
>> restart X.
>> 
>> -- 
>>  * Progress (n.): The process through which Usenet has evolved from
>>    smart people in front of dumb terminals to dumb people in front of
>>    smart terminals.  -- obs at burnout.demon.co.uk (obscurity)
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