Re: FVWM: fvwm hangs
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Dominik Vogt wrote: On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 09:49:22PM +, Bruce M Beach wrote: Hello All If I execute a tcl script from the fvwm menu that has the the following line: Tkxset Exec exec /scripts/tkxset the xterms dont' change color as I move the mouse into them, .. Can you send me the whole tk script? Pressing ctrl-alt-escape may help to break the freeze. Thanks for the reply. I can send you the script but I'm not sure of the need. I was going to write to the tk/tcl people about the problem, but first I thought I would see if there were any new versions. There was so I upgraded from tcl8.4a3 to tcl8.4a4, likewise with tk and the problem went away. I rebuild the entire system from source every week and at one point tcl8.4a3 and fvwm were working fine. Then one week something (probably a new glib) broke tcl8.4a3. At first I thought it was fvwm-2.4.8, but I went back to an older version, tcl was still broken, so it wasn't fvwm. As I say tcl8.4a4 fixed the problem. As far as the script goes, all tcl/tk scripts were broken on that term signal. I imagine that the tcl/tk people know about the problem but it does seem strange that there is a lib/tcl/gcc/... combination where signals are not working properly. If you need to know more about this problem let me know and I can restore the old tcl again. Bruce -- 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]
FVWM: fvwm hangs
Hello All
If I execute a tcl script from the fvwm menu
that has the the following line:
Tkxset Exec exec /scripts/tkxset
It start up fine and works fine but when I push the quit
button which executes the following tcl procedure
#!/usr/local/bin/wish #- First line of script
..
..
proc quit {} {
destroy .
}
the button stays depressed and the whole root screen partially
freezes. Partially because the mouse is still working, but the
various applications do not respond. (i.e in focus-follows mouse
the xterms dont' change color as I move the mouse into them,
raising and lowering window or moving no longer works etc.)
Now if I'm clever I'll have two xterms
1) with the line: sh-2.05a# ps x
2) with the line: sh-2.05a# kill
I can add a carriage return to the ps x, get the process
number (cut and paste) and add it to the kill and kill the
tk application. It does not kill the application!, or restore
the window manager. Every thing remains non-functional but the
usual sequence cntrl-alt-backspace still works so I can kill
the xserver and start again.
I have the following
(These comments apply to all tk/tcl applications)
1) Start tkset(just a tk/tcl application) from an xterm.
Works fine and exits fine.
2) Start from the root menu and use the window dropdown
...
...
Delete
Close -- this partially hangs the window manager
Destroy -- closes the application
...
...
I'm using
fvwm-2.4.8
linux-2.4.18
xwindows 4.20
glibc-2.2.5
gcc-3.0.4
no gnome
I suspect that the problem is not fvwm but
one of the other major subsystems, but who ?
I've been using fvwm for 5 or 6 years and
this is something new.
Bruce
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