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Re: MWM 2.0 freezes display
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Walter Harris)
Wed Oct 30 15:24:55 1996
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Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 15:21:23 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <199610301731.MAA15474@redhat.com> from "redhat-digest-request@redhat.com" at Oct 30, 96 12:31:46 pm
From: harrisw@harrel.com (Walter Harris)
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Donnie Barnes <djb@redhat.com> wrote:
> > Sometimes, when a user double-clicks to restore an iconified window,
> > the X display will freeze (XFree86-3.1.2, RH Motif 2.0). This happens after
> > the Motif window manager menu appears (restore/maximize/close, etc.).
> > The frozen display will not respond to any mouse clicks, though the
> > mouse pointer will move around the screen. Clicking on "Restore" or
> > anything else visible has no effect.
>
> That bug seems to have been around a while, but the easy fix is to hit
> the "ESC" key when it happens.
Thank you for your prompt reply. Our users' confidence is shaken,
though, when everything freezes up. Is there any workaround or update
to prevent this in the first place?
We are reselling RH Motif (installed, with CD and manual), so
customers ask us to "fix it".
Thanks.
-- Walter
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