From: chuck@coplex.com (Chuck Sites) Subject: Re: PROBLEM XFree86 1.2 and xview3L3 (olwm). Date: 21 Feb 1993 11:19:05 GMT
munn@ug.cs.dal.ca (Richard B Munn) writes:
>After installing the new xfree (v1.2) and xview3L3.
>(also the newer lib's)
>After loading X, when I press the desired mouse button for a
>desktop or terminal menu a white vertical strip, extending
>the screen's full height, appears in place of the menu.
>Also all my terminal windows partially appear with the
>background colour (either steelblue or grey depending
>on the video mode) and text normally visible is not.
>Though the text is not visible the terminal windows
>will except commands (ie running xclock).
I ran into this problem a while back and finally discovered
that Xview requires the 75dpi fixed fonts. Simply put
the 75dpi fonts into your font path in Xconfig. That should
fix it.
Have Fun,
Chuck Sites
chuck#coplex.com