RE: gtcd grows and crashes

[Joe Ferguson <coredump coredumps org>]

Tried the same thing here after reading this, and got the same result.
Went away after I switched to a non-pixmap-based theme.

On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Fox, Kevin M wrote:

> seems to me you are using a pixmap engine based theme... There is a bug in
> it that breaks gtcd... try a non pixmap theme like the metal theme and see
> if it dies...
> 
> > I installed Gnome 1.0 on my RH 5.2 system without a hitch (way to go on
> > ease of use!), but gtcd is giving me trouble.  As soon as it starts, it
> > shows up huge and blank.  It covers all 8 of my virtual desktop areas and
> > brings processing to a grinding halt.  It correctly identifies my CD in
> > the titlebar but I my mouse is frozen while the hard drive grinds away on
> > swap space.  Memory used by gtcd and X spirals upward until my supply and
> > reserves are exhausted, at which point gtcd dies and I am back where I
> > started.  It has no geometry options so I can't get it to a manageable
> > size to work with it.  Any suggestions/answers??