----- Original message from Chris Hunter on Fri Jul 28 19:39:40 2006 ----- > > Hi, > > Anybody having issues with foreign languages on Scientific Linux 4.3 ? > > Everytime I choose a foreign language font (eg hebrew, mandarin) from the > menu on gdm, the X session crashes. > > This only seems to happen for my pentium 4 machines. My older athlon xp > machines are (so far) not affected by this. > > A new install from the distro CDs does not have this problem. After 24 > hours and a yum nightly update, this language problem appears. > > Can someone suggest how to debug X session problems ? > > [...] Hello, I got the same problem on Dell laptops C810 (SL4.1) and D520 (SL4.2) Looking in /var/log/Xorg.0.log and /var/log/gdm/:0.log I noticed that the last line in both file : SetClientVersion: 0 8 is no longer here after a X crash. -- Cordialement, Robert FRANCHISSEUR ____ Apollo_gist :-)______________________________________________________ | Robert FRANCHISSEUR - Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique - C.N.R.S. | | Equipe "R.A.M.S.E.S." - UNIVERSITE P. et M. Curie - Tour 45-55 3ème 315C | | Boite 99 - 4, place Jussieu F-75252 PARIS CEDEX 05 FRANCE | | Phone : +33 (0)1 44 27 73 87 fax : +33 (0)1 44 27 62 72 | | e-mail : robert at lmd . jussieu . fr http : //www.lmd.jussieu.fr | --------------------------------------------------------------------------