Re: redhat linux 7.1 S390 X problem gnome xinerama missing gnome-terminal bus error

On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 01:22:15PM +0200, Kristof Goossens wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've just installed redhat linux 7.1 on our Z900 mainframe, but I'm having
> some troubles getting
> X to work.
> 
> I'm able to start a gnome session, but I get the following messages :
> 
> Xlib : extension "XINERAMA" missing on display "10.102.3.6:0.0"
> 
> However, I'm able to start the gnome-session, everything seems to work,
> except for the terminal
> emulation program where I get the following message : application
> "gnome-terminal" has crashed due to a fatal error. (bus error).
> 
> Any idea?

The 7.1 s390x port is really ancient. I'd really recommend installing
the "Taroon" beta and if you register that via Red Hat Network, you
get many updates from the beta phase.
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/taroon (or similar)

greetings,

Florian La Roche