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Re: Metro-X unstable and buggy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aristotle Zoulas)
Mon Oct 28 16:17:44 1996
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 14:32:32 -0500
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From: Aristotle Zoulas <zoulas@inch.com>
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At 01:11 PM 10/27/96 -0600, you wrote:
>I've found Metro-X to be very unstable on my RedHat 4.0 system. I use and
>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. The whole system will
>lock up generally when I use the backspace key while in the URL entry
>field in both Red Baron and Netscape.
>
>I decided to do a test with the Accelerated X demo from Xinside.
>Accelerated X works fine and I don't see any of the problems experienced
>with Metro-X. Are there plans do fix Metro-X or should I just swithc to
>Accelerated X. Overall I am happy with RedHat 4.0, but I need real support
>for my Number Nine card, currently XFree does not support the I-128 in
>accelerated mode.
>
I had the same problems. I went with Xfree instead. Works great with the ATI
MACH 64 card.
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