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Re: Xwin stackdump while logging into RH8 with KDE as window manager


Harold,

I tried both and the behaviour prevails.

Just to make sure we are on the same page, I would like to reiterate that the problem only occurs when I log into pre-existing kde configurations. If I log in under a clean kde environment all is fine. It appears to be something that I configured in the kde desktop. I am suspicious that somewhere along the line I have set the screen resolution from within kde, but for life of me I can not find such an option on the kde desktop tools. I have tried giving the startX command the -screen option, but that does not seem to alter any noticeable behaviour.

- joel

Harold L Hunt II wrote:

Joel,

Okay, on the off chance that something strange is happening, please try changing the "-from `hostname`" to "-from %my_ip_address%". Also, try leaving off the -from altogether if you only have one network interface in your computer.

Harold

Joel Rosi-Schwartz wrote:

Harold,

Gave it a shot but it still core dumps. Thanks for the idea though.

- joel

Harold L Hunt II wrote:

Joel,

We had some problems a long while back with 24 and 32 bit color and KDE. Try dropping your Windows color depth to 16 bits per pixel and report your results.

Thanks for testing,

Harold

Joel Rosi-Schwartz wrote:



Andrew Markebo wrote:

What happens if you pick away the export DISPLAY?



No effect, it behaves the same either way. The thing is that it all works fine if the kde environment of the user logging in is virgin. Something in the KDE environment that has been configured at some point in the past is now causing a core dump on the new machines. Our old machines continue to function normally. The ultimate solution is to simply remove our existing .kde directories and reconfigure our desktops from scratch. That is real boring work but in the end may be the simplest solution.


- joel

/Andy

/ Joel Rosi-Schwartz <Joel.Rosi-Schwartz@Etish.org> wrote:
| I do not understand why, but both times that I attached my startX file
| it seems be unreadable. Here are the contents:
|
| export PATH="/usr/X11R6/bin:$PATH"
| export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
|
| cd c:/tmp
| nohup /usr/X11R6/bin/XWin -query athena -from `hostname` 2>/dev/null&
|
| # I have also tried the following
| # /usr/X11R6/bin/XWin -screen 0 1024 768 -engine 4 -query athena -from
| `hostname`
|
| - joel
|
|















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