On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 03:43:37 -0400, Junren Shi And Xin Hu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I encountered an issue reported ealier in this list but there seems to > be no solution. The symptom is that: pressing F11 in firefox to enter the > full screen mode will make it disappear from the desktop and the windowlist. > The program keeps running but it just cannot be seen. Sometimes the > fullscreen may come up but usually the window will eventually disappear > after switching F11 a number times. > > I am running firefox 0.91 under linux (Fedora core 2) and the fvwm > version is 2.5.8 rpm downloaded from the main website. The fullscreen mode > runs ok in every other window managers including the old MWM -- but not in > fvwm. > > A related issue: invoking View->Toolbars->Customize , the > Customization window also disappears and nowhere to find. > > I have an observation: If I start firefox using "strace -f firefox" > (to trace the system calls), then everything will be ok -- including the > fullscreen mode and the customization window. > > Apparently "strace -f firefox" will greatly slowdown the firefox > process. My theory is that the bug originates from a tricky timing and > scheduling issue. In the normal running of firefox, fvwm may be not able to > keep up the speed of firefox and response its request in a timely manner. > But with "strace -f firefox" , the firefox will run slowly enough so that > fvwm can catch up. > > Hope this will help to nail down the problem and fix it. > > Best > > Junren > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > > -- > Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. > To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a > message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
I've tried this but haven't encounter any problem except changing of original position of firefox. I use firefox 0.8 and fvwm 2.5.10 under gentoo. -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
