Bug#294182: system lockup whenever "molecule" runs (even in screensaver preview window)

2005-04-21 Thread John Gilmore
> On Tue, 2005-19-04 at 10:14 -0700, John Gilmore wrote: > > When the X server hangs, there's no way to affect it from the console. > > Ctrl-alt-backspace doesn't work. Nothing moves on the display. However, > > I can login to the machine over the net. When I do

Bug#294182: system lockup whenever "molecule" runs (even in screensaver preview window)

2005-04-19 Thread John Gilmore
here's one that displays text "Star Wars" fashion, fading off into infinity, with some rambling about Debian as the text. It hangs the X server too. I don't know its name. John Gilmore -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#294182: xlibmesa-gl: system lockup whenever "molecule" runs (even in screensaver preview window)

2005-02-08 Thread John Gilmore
Package: xlibmesa-gl Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 Severity: critical Justification: breaks unrelated software I noticed that my new Debian Sarge system was often locked-up when I returned to it. The screen displayed a molecule of e.g. caffeine, from a screen saver. Mouse and keyboard produce no resp

Updating Debian X FAQ to mention X.Org/X11R6.7 plans

2004-05-31 Thread John Gilmore
The Debian X FAQ is conspicuously silent about the whole X licensing issue. It does mention X.Org but its commentary dates from 1999, saying that X.Org supervised the X11R6.5.1 release. The FAQ also says the XFree86 Project "release their X servers under licensing terms identical to that of the f