Do you have a link to the exact problem? Like at xfree86.org? or the kde guys? I can't seem to find a reference, but the solution works! :)
Brad Felmey wrote: > On Thu, 2002-08-22 at 18:55, Pixel wrote: > >>Brad Felmey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> >>>On Thu, 2002-08-22 at 18:36, Brad Felmey wrote: >>> >>>>On Thu, 2002-08-22 at 18:31, Vincent Danen wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Has anyone noticed any problems with gdm and KDE? I've got on my >>>>>dual-head machine here (two different cards), a problem when I load >>>>>KDE using gdm as my display manager... I get the desktop, but the >>>>>panel isnt' all there (no icons except for the screenlock and logout), >>>>>no menu. And screens sit strange; the splashscreen doesn't display, >>>>>and it doesn't disappear either (blank grey box that sits in the >>>>>foreground... moving windows around move *under* it). >>>>> >>>>>Using kdm, KDE seems to work fine, except kcontrol doesn't want to >>>>>launch for me (synched with cooker about 30 minutes ago). >>>> >>>[...] >>> >>>>Horrible XF 4.2 Xinerama bug. Kill off xfs and manually state the font >>>>paths in your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, or turn off Xinerama. Your choice. >>> >>>This should be included in DrakX installer, methinks, at least until the >>>XF guys fix it. <HINT, Pixel> :) >> >>I'd rather have it fixed! Does it really comes from the use of xfs >>together with Xinerama? or even xfs + xineram + kde ? > > > It's xfs and xinerama in 4.2. Screws up in both GNOME and KDE. I can > duplicate it 100% on Matrox G450 cards. Drove me crazy until I ran > across the solution in one of the Debian mailing lists. This is not > Mandrake-specific - I've seen it in SuSE 8.0 and Debian Sid as well. > Solution is to not use xfs if Xinerama is turned on. Turn Xinerama off, > and there's no problem. This did/does not exist in XF 4.1, just 4.2. -- Bryan Whitehead SysAdmin - JPL - Interferometry Systems and Technology Phone: 818 354 2903 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
