On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Steve Salazar wrote:

> For a while I was working as root (various reasons) now I'm on a user 
> account and the blacking out of the 8-bit windows is back.  I've confirmed 
> that with the exact same startx command line `startx -- -cc 4` and the exact 
> same XF86config-4, I do not get windows turning black as root and I do get 
> windows turning black otherwise.
> 
> Is there a permission I can set somewhere that will make X behave for users 
> as it does for root?  EG - no windows turning black. The performance and AA 
> fonts issues I can live with but this blacking out of windows issue makes X 
> unusable for those 8-bit apps.
> 
> I am using redhat 7.3 with xfree rpm = XFree86-4.2.0-8.  My XF86config-4 is 
> below.

At one time there was a problem with the overlays not clearing the bit 
when the overlay window closed. Could you try a recent CVS build ?

-- 
Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison         Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
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