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Re: Metro-X unstable and buggy (not)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Klemmer)
Mon Oct 28 12:16:24 1996

Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 11:47:36 -0500 (EST)
From: Joe Klemmer <klemmerj@webtrek.com>
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On 28 Oct 1996, Trond Eivind Glomsr=F8d wrote:

> > I've found Metro-X to be very unstable on my RedHat 4.0 system. I use a=
nd
> > Imagine 128 (4MB up to 1600x1200) with a Sony 17sfII monitor. I have a
> > Micron P166 with 32MB of RAM. I noticed that when I run programs like
> > Netscape and Arena the windows are not drawn correctly; when I scroll
> > blocks of white scroll outside of the main windows.=20
>=20
> Same thing here. And lots of missing characters as well if you start
> e.g. emacs.  I reported the problem during the beta-period (It's
> "problem P115"). They didn't do anything about it, though.

=09FWIW, MetroX has worked for me better than XFree.
=20
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