[svlug] Xwindows fonts corrupt during use of netscape

[reset@mbay.net]

Well darn,

        As soon as I opened a webpage it did it.  Guess I'll just have to wait
for 5.0 :(

Ron P.

On 22-Sep-98 reset at mbay.net wrote:
> 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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