Thx for you nice explanation! seems that the problem doesn't affect the system much I think I will just remove openoffice and see if that affects But I'll still install OO back again...:)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Digby Tarvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian_user" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 1:09 AM Subject: Re: cannot load color "black" > On Sat, Feb 18, 2006 at 10:54:27PM +0800, Deephay wrote: >> Thx for your experience. >> I am not very much sure what's the meaning of this sentence: >> > an application that wasn't dealing properly with a remote x-term >> You mean the installation of some apps / libs affects the system? > > To really understand X you have to appreciate that it was designed > as a network protocol that could be used to access display (and input) > hardware remotely. An application opens a server using the X protocol, > and is able to interact with the user sitting at that server. > > The net effect is that you can be working on numerous different > applications spread over many different computers, and they are > all accessed in an equal manner using the same screen and keyboard. > You choose the computer which handles the login via the XDMCP protocol. > > Since then there has been a trend towards building display hardware > and computer in the same box, so that the server software and application > run on the same machine, making for a much faster communications path. > > In this situation you can some times get away with things that won't > work in the more traditional configuration. For example, X servers > running on your own CPU have your VM so often have few memory > restrictions, whereas a hardware X terminal (usually) has no disk and > is typically limitted to a few tens of meg. Or if you rely on > continually transferring the same bitmaps rather than caching > them, it might work with a local server communicating via shared > memory, but but struggle on a 10Mb Ethernet. > > So for all you X application developers and packagers out there, make > sure you test those applications local *and* remote if we are not to > lose much of the power of X ;) > >> I have installed openoffice recently, not sure if that affects.. > > If the problem only started after that, then it would make it a prime > suspect. > > I only use it when some uncultured heathen sends me something in a > Microsoft specific format and I can't get it sent in anything more > Unix friendly. It is much too big and slow for my taste, and I don't > like kitchen sink software that tries to do everything in one big > application - though that is not really a criticism of OO's > designers. They had to follow the lead of the application they > were seeking to provide an escape from. > > In any case I was doing so last time the problem happened, so I > suspected it. > > Regards, > DigbyT > -- > Digby R. S. Tarvin > digbyt(at)digbyt.com > http://www.digbyt.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
