Re: FVWM: fvwm.org domain renewal
Thomas Adam writes: >On 26 Jul 2013 16:17, "Dan Espen" wrote: >> >> Thomas Adam writes: >> >> > Hi Jason, >> > >> > On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 12:26:22AM -0600, Jason L Tibbitts III >wrote: >> >> Periodically folks have asked if they can donate to fvwm in some >way. I >> >> can't personally accept any donations and I would be shocked if >anyone >> >> else involved with the project were in it for the money. > However, there >> >> is one fixed cost which I have generally borne myself but which >anyone >> >> else is welcome to take care of: the domain registration. (You >do not >> >> generally need to own a domain to renew it; they'll take money >from >> >> anyone.) >> > >> > Thanks for doing this; I've gone ahead and renewed this for the >next three >> > years. fvwm.org will therefore expire on 2014-12-29. >> >> I just did another 3 years. > >Had it expired already? Or can you renew at any time? I think you can renew at any time. Your mail above said it was going to expire next year December. Actually I tried 3 years ago to extend to 6 but my credit card company didn't let the charge through. I called them this time. -- Dan Espen
Re: FVWM: fvwm.org domain renewal
On 26 Jul 2013 16:17, "Dan Espen" wrote: > > Thomas Adam writes: > > > Hi Jason, > > > > On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 12:26:22AM -0600, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: > >> Periodically folks have asked if they can donate to fvwm in some way. I > >> can't personally accept any donations and I would be shocked if anyone > >> else involved with the project were in it for the money. However, there > >> is one fixed cost which I have generally borne myself but which anyone > >> else is welcome to take care of: the domain registration. (You do not > >> generally need to own a domain to renew it; they'll take money from > >> anyone.) > > > > Thanks for doing this; I've gone ahead and renewed this for the next three > > years. fvwm.org will therefore expire on 2014-12-29. > > I just did another 3 years. Had it expired already? Or can you renew at any time? Thomas Adam
Re: FVWM: fvwm.org domain renewal
Thomas Adam writes: > Hi Jason, > > On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 12:26:22AM -0600, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: >> Periodically folks have asked if they can donate to fvwm in some way. I >> can't personally accept any donations and I would be shocked if anyone >> else involved with the project were in it for the money. However, there >> is one fixed cost which I have generally borne myself but which anyone >> else is welcome to take care of: the domain registration. (You do not >> generally need to own a domain to renew it; they'll take money from >> anyone.) > > Thanks for doing this; I've gone ahead and renewed this for the next three > years. fvwm.org will therefore expire on 2014-12-29. I just did another 3 years. -- Dan Espen
Re: FVWM: xterm with FvwmIconBox on Fedora
Thomas Adam writes: > On 18 July 2013 12:31, lee wrote: >> Hi, >> >> when starting FvwmIconBox with fvwm and then starting xterm, output to the >> xterm window does not work, i. e. the window is blank until resized or >> when the workspace is switched. > > It's such a shame that you chose to use FvwmIconBox. It's one of > those modules which is dead and hasn't been touched by anyone in more > years than I can recall. Don't use it. This is why we have > FvwmIconMan as its replacement. I didn't know that it has been replaced with FvwmIconMan. Is FvwmIconBox now deprecated and only available for compatibility? There wouldn't be anything to keep me from switching, I guess. >> When (re-)starting fvwm without the FvwmIconBox module, xterm works >> fine. Please see [1] for a more detailed reference. > > You haven't told us what your FVWM version is---what is it? It's 2.6.5 as is currently in Fedora 19: , | [~] rpm -qi fvwm | Name: fvwm | Version : 2.6.5 | Release : 4.fc19 | Architecture: x86_64 | Install Date: Sat 13 Jul 2013 13:20:15 CEST | Group : User Interface/X | Size: 7255461 | License : GPLv2+ | Signature : RSA/SHA256, Fri 15 Mar 2013 15:27:27 CET, Key ID 07477e65fb4b18e6 | Source RPM : fvwm-2.6.5-4.fc19.src.rpm | Build Date : Thu 14 Feb 2013 19:50:52 CET | Build Host : buildvm-17.phx2.fedoraproject.org | Relocations : (not relocatable) | Packager: Fedora Project | Vendor : Fedora Project | URL : http://www.fvwm.org/ | Summary : Highly configurable multiple virtual desktop window manager | Description : | Fvwm is a window manager for X11. It is designed to | minimize memory consumption, provide a 3D look to window frames, | and implement a virtual desktop. | [~] ` > Note that > I doubt this is FVWM's fault, since I can't reproduce your problem at > all. Also: > > X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) > Major opcode of failed request: 18 (X_ChangeProperty) > Resource id in failed request: 0x0 > > Says that XTerm fucked up to me. I'll entertain this for one minute. It is very well possible that the problem is with xterm --- or somewhere else entirely. > If you can get the window to be blank, can you please attach the > output from "xprop", and then whilst it's still blank, run in another > window "xprop -spy" and unblank the window? Then put the log from > that together with the other one and send it to me. Sure, I'll send them to you. Thank you for looking into this. -- Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "C-c C-c can do nothing useful at this location")
