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From: Jerry McBride <mcbrides9@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] twm dead in the water after xorg 7.0 upgrade
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 23:24:38
Message-Id: 200603251816.22127.mcbrides9@comcast.net
1 Don't ask...
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3 I play shepard over several dozen laptops running gentoo and twm window
4 manager.
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6 I thought I'd have a look at the new modular x11 as a way of reclaiming hdd
7 space.
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9 After following the "modular howto" I was left with a broken twm... X loaded,
10 twm kinda loaded, but opened windows were pitch black... not a good
11 situation.
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13 The short story is, I had to emerge the following packages to get back to
14 where I was with 6.8.x... rgb and twm ebuilds.
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16 After emerge, startx would load up and twm was back in good shape.
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18 Just a heads up call for those in similar circumstance.
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20 Jerry
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