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From: mezaucha@woodlawn.uchicago.edu (Matthew Edward Zaucha)
Subject: Bug in W32 Accelerated Server and xsetroot?
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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 16:53:49 GMT
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Hello. I have been experiencing problems with X when I attempt to use
the 'xsetroot -solid <colorname>' command along with the accelerated W32
server. The first time I start X everything appears to be fine and I can
do whatever I'd like to do. But, upon exiting X and restarting, the screen
goes blank and the only way to get out that I have been able to discern is to
ctrl-alt-del the machine. I have captured the startup and error messages
and this is the explanation that X is giving:
xinit: Resource temporarily unavailable (errno 35): unexpected signal 1
I am running X11R6 v3.1.1 and FreeBSD 2.0.5, and the problem occurs
when using both twm and fvwm, so the choice of window manager does not
seem to be the culprit. If I do not execute the xsetroot command and choose
a default hatched background or a pixmap background, everything runs well.
I am tending to believe that it is a problem with the W32 server, since
the xsetroot command works beautifully for me when I decide to use the
unaccelerated XF_SVGA server. Also, which perhaps could be of interest,
I have ran X11 and the W32 server on the same system with a virtually
identical configuration under linux with no problems.
Any comments or suggestions would be immensely appreciated.