Bug#485496: xserver-xorg: Flickering on root window, incredibly slow startup of desktop

2008-06-18 Thread Steve Greenland
On 09-Jun-08, 16:24 (CDT), Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since the upgrade to 7.3, the startup of my desktop environment (XFCE) > is incredibly slow. Today's upgrade to the release candidate of xserver-xorg-video-ati (1:6.8.191-1) seems to have fixed this.

Bug#482425: startx is borked

2008-05-23 Thread Steve Greenland
On 23-May-08, 10:30 (CDT), Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > found 482425 xinit/1.0.9-1 > thanks > > On 2008-05-22 16:15:31 -0500, Steve Greenland wrote: > > Do you mean that the bug has been added to 1.0.9 (as I could see on > my machine)? Yes. I reverted

Bug#482425: startx is borked

2008-05-22 Thread Steve Greenland
server="$defaultserverargs" < < < --- > server=$defaultserver > serverargs=$defaultserverargs > display=$defaultdisplay combined with the badly named "defaultserverargs" variable. Steve -- Steve Greenland The irony is that Bill Gate

Re: Request for pkg-dm

2007-06-05 Thread Steve Greenland
/etc/rc?.d (or, more accurately, whatever the rc system's update-rc.d implements). That's the way I, generic Debian sysadmin, expect things to behave. I'm startled when things don't work. At a bare minimum, I think making the use of HEED_DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER consistent between

Bug#332637: config for xserver-xorg/autodetect_mouse broken

2005-10-07 Thread Steve Greenland
Package: xserver-xorg Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-8 Severity: normal During the upgrade to -8, I was asked three times whether I wanted to attempt mouse device autodetection. 1. During normal debconf preconfigure. 2. Before unpacking xserver-xorg. 3. During xserver-xorg postinst. Each time I answere

4.2 install report

2002-06-26 Thread Steve Greenland
I upgraded from whatever is in Debian unstable to 4.2.0pre1v1. Everything went smoothly, no problems. I can finally switch from the X console to another virtual console and back without crashing the server (Trident Cyberblade). Very nice. Thanks, Steve -- Steve Greenland The irony is that

4.2 install report

2002-06-26 Thread Steve Greenland
I upgraded from whatever is in Debian unstable to 4.2.0pre1v1. Everything went smoothly, no problems. I can finally switch from the X console to another virtual console and back without crashing the server (Trident Cyberblade). Very nice. Thanks, Steve -- Steve Greenland The irony is that