Re: X11 updates
Re: X11 updates
- Subject: Re: X11 updates
- From: Darwin Mailing List accout <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 15:50:01 -0800 (PST)
I wonder if this is related to running X11 on a Powerbook. I have funky problems
with X11 on my Powerbook G4 DVI since early beta. I sent in bug reports and all,
and no one really paid attention.
Do people who run X11 on Power Mac NOT have any of these problems?
-Gerry
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On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 Micheal Abbott wrote:
>
> > Just my 2 cents. X11 has not crashed on me for a long time, and I use
> > it a lot, although mainly for the same thing each time. What
> > specifically crashes your application? Have you submitted bug reports
> > to Apple about it? Have they responded?
>
> I guess I have the following problems:
>
> 1. The wrong keystroke while accidentially pressing the track-pad can
> prevent all keyboard/mouse input. Restart required.
>
> 2. If I try to use an X11 application to soon after waking from
> hibernation it refuses to create new windows anymore. Restart required.
>
> 3. Just today I discovered another mysterious "touch the track-pad at the
> wrong time" event which forced all keyboard commands to a fixed window.
> Restart required.
>
> 4. Cut and paste out of X11 is a mess. As for trying to cut and paste
> when emacs is in the picture, oh dear.
>
> 5. If you try to reposition a brand new X11 window it repositions all the
> other windows as well. This effect seems to fade with time over a period
> of about 5-10 seconds.
>
> 6. The Applications Customize editor is a joke. (Can anyone tell me what
> the "shortcut" entry does?)
>
> I think that's everything that's important. Other than that it seems to
> work ok and I use it every day all day. I've logged most of these to
> Apple and I may have had a request for further information on one of them
> (can't remember right now), but I'm getting a bit tired of it now.
>
> Compared with the rest of the system, X11 feels like an uncomfortable
> afterthought.
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