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> Or another common problem in X11 is with applications setting the resolution to something weird, crashing and then leaving the screen in a weird state. Commo
by Amezarak 4y ago
> Or another common problem in X11 is with applications setting the resolution to something weird, crashing and then leaving the screen in a weird state.
Common problem? I’ve never heard of this happening. I suppose hypothetically random applications could trash my X settings but in 20 years they haven’t.
On Windows I have observed random applications do have this power and sometimes exercise it, but the worst it’s ever done is mess up my desktop icon arrangement, by some mechanism I know not the OS reverts the resolution change if the application crashes.
- Crysstalis 4y agoSure, you may not have heard of it. But it is a thing that can happen and is not possible to fix without changing (i.e. breaking) the API. X11 does not have a mechanism to fix it, that was never added.