[KLUG Members] RH 8 - GUI Problem

[Adam Williams]

>I do have swap set. 

Good.

>I havent adjusted sysctl parameters (what are they?)

Kernel parameters, used primarily for tuning performance and scalability.

>No, I dont get any messages like what you said while running an application
>from cmd line.
>The kernel version is 2.4.18-19.8.0

Thats current.  Bummer.

Does this happen on more than one box?

>1) FAM open failed, FAM Err no =0
>2) Xlib extension "Render" missing on display "0.0"

These are both inocuous.

>I see them  after starting X from terminal and switching to same terminal by
>hitting "Ctrl-Alt-F1"
>what do these error messages mean?

FAM is the file modification daemon, it probably just isn't running.

The second probably means you don't have that extension installed or your 
video card doesn't support it.