Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!megatest!cohesive!pop From: pop@cohesive.UUCP (Steve Tufty) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Messages overwrite root screen Message-ID: <676@cohesive.UUCP> Date: 20 Sep 90 23:38:15 GMT References: <1990Sep18.110327.22239@funet.fi> Reply-To: pop@cohesive.UUCP (Steve Tufty) Organization: DCA Cohesive Inc., Los Gatos, CA Lines: 34 In article <1990Sep18.110327.22239@funet.fi> shmulevi@haapana.tut.fi (Shmulevich Ilya) writes: > > >I have been having some problems with some messages overwriting the >screen. They are just like the normal Sun font before you load any >window environment. For example, if XRN generates some message like >"Bogus newsgroup removed..." it doesn't put it in any window, but just >writes it across the whole screen. It is NOT possible to refresh the >screen and everything is hidden behind these message, even the pointer. >What can I do to cure this problem? > It appears that you do not have an xterm which is accepting the output that goes to the console. Try adding the following to your .xinitrc file (or type it in to any window) xterm -C & As for not being able to refresh the screen, look in your .rc file to make sure you have a line which causes the "f.refresh" action to occur. pop ------------------------ disclaimer ---------------------------- These views are mine only and do not reflect the opinions of the company for which I work. cohesive!pop@sun.COM ------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Steve (let's tee off) Tufty - sun!cohesive!pop Cohesive Network Los Gatos California 95030 (408) 370-4193