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From: graichen@titania.physik.fu-berlin.de (Thomas Graichen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Bug in W32 Accelerated Server and xsetroot?
Date: 24 Aug 1995 07:55:00 GMT
Organization: Freie Universitaet Berlin
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Matthew Edward Zaucha (mezaucha@woodlawn.uchicago.edu) wrote:
:     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

try to increase your maxproc - try "ulimit -u unlimited" in sh/bash (i don't
know it it really works in sh) or "unlimit maxproc" in csh/tcsh before you
call xsetroot

t
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