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    DWM crashes on boot

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by gavfung, Apr 14, 2009.

  1. gavfung

    gavfung Notebook Guru

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    Hi, I recently bought a T500 and almost all is well except that DWM crashes on boot almost every time. It wouldnt bother me much since it restarted and all is well, but when it starts, the power manager icon thing wont load anymore, meaning I cant switch graphic cards. Does anyone know why this would happen??

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    gavfung, Apr 14, 2009
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  2. malamjahanam

    malamjahanam Notebook Consultant

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    what is DWM ?
     
    malamjahanam, Apr 14, 2009
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  3. gavfung

    gavfung Notebook Guru

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    desktop window manager. It is a service that basically manage the desktop
     
    gavfung, Apr 14, 2009
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    like windows task manager?
     
    malamjahanam, Apr 14, 2009
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  5. gavfung

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    No. K like to think DWM as the GUI of windows
     
    gavfung, Apr 14, 2009
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    Try turning off Aero and see what it does then.
     
    Estlander, Apr 15, 2009
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