On Wed 13 May 2009 at 21:10:53 +0200, Rhialto wrote: > And indeed, that fixed it! Really weird. I want to try to find which > option makes the difference... but I don't have time for that now :-(
Returning to my previous problem: it is indeed the backing store option that causes the problem. To be precise: Section "Device" # Backingstore causes ctwm to misbehave; it looks mostly like it is # expecting backing store to work when it doesn't. Various things # are not re-painted on exposure. # The option isn't documented in Xorg(1) or savage(1), but it is # recognised by the server, judged by this but in Xorg.log: # (**) SAVAGE(0): Option "BackingStore" # (**) SAVAGE(0): Backing store enabled #Option "Backingstore" Identifier "Card0" Driver "savage" VendorName "S3 Inc." BoardName "VT8636A [ProSavage KN133] AGP4X VGA Controller (TwisterK)" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Today I updated my main machine, and I saw the same problem. The solution was also the same. Finally I tried putting in the Backingstore option, and the problem reappeared. Some googling suggests that it is a sort-of-known problem: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=125433 "KDE4 crashes : Option BackingStore must be false with Xorg 1.5 Hi, For people experiencing crashes in KDE4 (e.g. clicking on a konsole menu), check in your xorg.conf file your options. If you have: Option "BackingStore" "true" then this option is known to lead to crashes with Xorg 1.5. Put it to "false", it solved the crashes for me." Shoddy linux-quality programming. Backing store is supposed to work! -Olaf. -- ___ Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert -- You author it, and I'll reader it. \X/ rhialto/at/xs4all.nl -- Cetero censeo "authored" delendum esse.