Re: fatal problems with lists dialog on unix


Subject: Re: fatal problems with lists dialog on unix
From: Sam TH (sam@uchicago.edu)
Date: Wed Nov 15 2000 - 17:18:02 CST


On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 09:51:53PM -0000, James Montgomerie wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Martin Sevior" <msevior@mccubbin.ph.unimelb.edu.au>
> Subject: Re: fatal problems with lists dialog on unix
> > > IMLIB ERROR: SHM can't get SHM Identifier for Shared Pixmap Wrapper
> > > Falling back on Shared XImages
> > > IMLIB ERROR: SHM can't get SHM Identifier for Shared XImage
> > > Falling back on XImages
> > >
> > > I have 16bit color X-display.
> > >
> > > This should be fixed IMO before release.
>
> I used to get this problem running GNOME on FreeBSD. It was something to do
> with a shared memory limit being reached [note: not a leak, I think - it
> just demands a lot of shared memory] - you can configure it somehow, but I
> can't remember how - a search of http://www.deja.com/usenet should reveal
> all.

Is this our fault, or is there nothing we can do about this?

I ask only to wonder if we should hold up the release as Vlad suggests,
or just blame this problem on other people.

           
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