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Re: MWM 2.0 freezes display

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason Benderly)
Thu Oct 31 12:15:05 1996

Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 12:01:02 -0500 (EST)
From: Jason Benderly <jbenderl@pwj.com>
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Hi,

> > 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".

>No, there is no "fix".  I've conversed with Metro Link, and they are aware of
>the problem, but don't have a fix at this time.  Apparently it is *not* a
>Linux bug, anyway...it is a general Motif/mwm problem.


It is amazing to me the poor quality of all MetroLink stuff.  It may be a
Motif/mwm bug,
but I am not experiencing it on my sparcs at work. (err, they are not Motif
2.0.)

Anyway,  I hope a bug fix arrives soon.

Jason


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