On Tue, Nov 10, 1998 at 09:38:17PM +1000, Tony Nugent wrote:
> I have (almost) given up trying to install SO5 (on my RH5.1/glibc6 box).
>
> The step program starts up and unpacks things into a /tmp/sv* directory.
> An error message comes up saying something about the window manager not
> having any icon size parameters (or something similar). Then the backdrop
> installation screen comes up, followed by an empty message/dialog window, a
> new cursor shape. From that point, everything freezes solid.
>
> I have tried using it with fvwm/fvwm2, afterstep, and twm - each time with
> the same result. I start the X server with -auth, but this shouldn't be a
> problem. (Or is this it? - I go about setting up xauth correctly in my
> .xinirc / .Xsession / .Xclients files, and everything else works fine).
>
> Has anyone else experienced this?
The EXACTLY same thing happens with my Debian 2.0 box under WindowMaker &
icewm. Probably it's SO bug. :-(
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Alexey Vyskubov
