Very Computer

I've some users working with a couple of pretty complex GUI applications.
These were developed against the OpenWindows OLIT toolkit.

They work pretty well under GNOME/metacity. However, in certain cases,
it appears that something - either metacity, or the applications, or
perhaps something else in the users' environment, is creating a state
where one cannot get metacity to open any new menus or launch new applications.
However, one can use keyboard conventions to shift keyboard focus and
the mouse can be used in a limited fashion to switch workspaces.

If metacity is restarted, the strange state disappears and the user
desktop again can be used to launch applications, open menus, etc.

I am searching for tips on how to go about determining where the problem
resides and what to do about it.  Is anyone aware of any applications that
could be used against the server and/or window manager to determine what
state they are in?
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Try this:
in the /etc/dt/config/Xservers

1024

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I've seen NTU lights glitter in the dark near the Mail Gate.
All these things will be lost in time, like the root partition last week.
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