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RE: Backticks in 4.1.0
- To: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Subject: RE: Backticks in 4.1.0
- From: Fabio Somenzi <Fabio at Colorado dot EDU>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 15:49:49 -0600
- Cc: "'Fabio at Colorado dot EDU'" <Fabio at Colorado dot EDU>, "'cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- References: <7F2B9185F0196F44B59990759B91B1C2505C90@ins-exch.inspirepharm.com>
- Reply-To: Fabio at Colorado dot EDU
Suhaib,
Thanks for the prompt reply. I ran a few more experiments. I still
get the backticks even when:
1. I run without window manager.
2. I disable McAfee Virus Scan.
3. I change the screen parameters from 1280x1024x32 to 1280x1024x16 in
the call to XWin.
I didn't mention it explicitly, but just in case..., the backticks
only show up in the xfree windows. I've seen them with xterms, rxvts,
and with emacs.
Fabio
>>>>> "SS" == Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com> writes:
SS> I will try to reproduceit with your startup script. I have not seen it.
SS> However, once in a while I used to get a tiny Virtual Windows Manager icon
SS> for vtwm, which I always assumed was due to a bug in vtwm.
SS> Suhaib
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Fabio Somenzi [mailto:Fabio@Colorado.EDU]
>> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 4:53 PM
>> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>> Cc: Fabio Somenzi
>> Subject: Backticks in 4.1.0
>>
>>
>> I have installed the binaries for 4.1.0 on my desktop PC running
>>
>> Windows98
>> cygwin 1.3.2
>> no previous xfree installation
>>
>> All works well except for the fact that about once a minute, a
>> backtick ('`') appears in the window that has the focus.
>>
>> I have installed 4.0.3 on my laptop, running
>>
>> Windows98SE
>> cygwin 1.3.2
>>
>> and, with the same general setup, I have not seen this problem.
>>
>> On the desktop, I have tried both twm and vtwm as window managers. I
>> took the latter from the 4.0.3 distribution.)
>> I have tried vtwm with and without .vtwmrc. The results are the same.
>>
>> I start xfree with this simple script, which apart from the screen
>> parameters, is the same on the laptop:
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> #! /bin/sh
>>
>> eval `ssh-agent`
>> XWin -screen 0 1280x1024x32 -whitepixel 255 -blackpixel 0 -engine 4 &
>> vtwm &
>> xsetroot -solid aquamarine4
>> xclock -geometry 80x80+1134+0 &
>> xterm -n xterm-1 -j -ls -sb -sl 500 -rightbar -geometry
>> +361+0 -e bash &
>> xterm -n xterm-2 -j -ls -sb -sl 500 -rightbar -geometry
>> +0+396 -e bash &
>> xterm -n xterm-3 -j -ls -sb -sl 500 -rightbar -geometry
>> +508+343 -e bash &
>> exit
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> (The laptop has 1024x768x16 instead of 1280x1024x32.)
>>
>> The problem exists also if I comment out the "ssh-agent" line. It
>> exists also when I have all local clients. However, the backticks do
>> not seem to show up when the window in which xfree runs is
>> "minimized." Any suggestions on what I could try next?
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> Fabio Somenzi
>>