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From: Bobby Bat <autoexec@haven.ios.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: X Window problem
Date: 28 Oct 1995 05:58:55 GMT
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bolsen@seanet.com (Bruce Olsen) wrote:
>I have run into a strange quirk I'm hoping someone can help me resolve. I have
>FreeBSD 2.0.5 from Walnut Creek and have installed XFree86 3.1.1 all with a
>straight installation and doing nothing fancy. My problem manifests itself
>in apps such as aXe and x3270. These apps have pull down menus, and the menu
>activates, but none of the selections in the menu will be selected. The pull
>down goes away an nothing happens. 
>
>Any ideas? Did I mess something up in my installation of XFree86? It happens
>on two machines I have done, but Linux and XFree86 on the same machines didn't
>have that problem.
>
>Thanks.

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