On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:13:09 +0000, Thomas Adam wrote (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>):
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 07:46:53AM +1100, Felix Karpfen wrote: >> Most of the time, my setup works very well. > > I recall helping you set it up. :) > >> - fvwm2 + Nautilus causes a lock-up; >> - fvwm2 + Nautilus + Gnome >> Session Manager causes an unrecoverable crash. > > If it dumps a corefile, can you send us a backtrace via gdb? It ought > to probably be sent to fvwm-workers. The crash was really _very_ serious and I am not eager to repeat it. The root directory switched to "read-only" mode and the computer could not be shut down cleanly. In fact it could only be shut down by switching off the power. And after switching the power back, I had to run fsck manually to let the computer clean up the mess - which took quite a time. And I lost several of my few remaining hairs while biting my fingernails and wondering whether the crash was beyond fsck's ability to fix. I have never attempted to use a "corefile" but, from a very distant memory, I believe it sits in /var/log/wtmp. Is that correct? While running fvwm2 with the Gnome Session Manager opened up attractive new routines and possibilities, I think the price is too high. In 5 years of Linux, I have never encountered crashes such as the two crashes that I have managed to survive in the past few weeks. If there is no simple tweak to my existing fvwm2 configuration then then I would prefer to live without "session management" (as I did successfully for several years). To make my query more <concrete|precise>: "fvwm2 offers two "Theme Settings Screens" called "Theme Settings (form)" and "Themes Settings (gtk)". What documentation should I read to use these two screens intelligntly - assuming that the defaults need changing if I choose to use Nautilus and/or the Gnome session Manager. Felix Karpfen -- Felix Karpfen
