On Tue, 4 Mar 2003 20:54:45 -0800
"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Tuesday 04 March 2003 07:53, Dave Serls wrote:
> > Anyone know if the user_config switch
> >  set_wm_state_hack
> > needs to be set for blackbox in gkrellm?
> > It's for wms (0.65) which don't support _NET_WM_STATE stuff.
> > I've been getting some seg-faults from gkrellm...
> 
> 0.70 has the beginning of the net wm implementation (needs to be stress 
> tested).  An application should not segfault, ever.  If it does it indicates 
> an assumption made by the programmer which is not always true.  In the case 
> of netwm one must remember that these are "hints".  The wm author is allowed 
> quite a bit of leeway and is not required to implement them at all.
> 
> What I have seen in the past is an author only has his program tested by one 
> group of users -- GNOME, WindowMaker, or E for instance -- and not by 
> everyone.
> 

  I've contacted the author.
  The set_wm_state_hack was specifically for MetaCity.
  It could always have been one of the plugins that failed. 




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