Re: blackbox 0.70.1; bbkeys 0.9.0 - bbkeys crashes with invalid pointer

2006-08-18 Thread Andy Jones
Thanks (as usual) folks. What would I do without you? I'll install a bunch of '-dev' libraries (using the debian dependacy information as a guide) and get back to the list either way. Andy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: blackbox 0.65 vs. 0.70 (was: blackbox 0.70.1; bbkeys 0.9.0 - bbkeys crashes with invalid pointer)

2006-08-18 Thread Ciprian Popovici
On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:12:35 -0400 Jan Schaumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And these do remain my concerns. From my point of view as somebody who supports a large number of users (many of which use blackbox), I can't just replace blackbox 0.65 with 0.70 without forcing those users to change

Re: blackbox 0.70.1; bbkeys 0.9.0 - bbkeys crashes with invalid pointer

2006-08-18 Thread Andy Jones
Thank you 'D.E. Evans': the library I needed was xorg-dev. Which wasn't even listed as a Debian dependancy. I can (very happily) report that the Debian source package for bbkeys 0.9.0.orig compiles under Ubuntu and solves the problem Once again, many thanks to everyone... Andy. -- To

Re: blackbox 0.65 vs. 0.70 (was: blackbox 0.70.1; bbkeys 0.9.0 - bbkeys crashes with invalid pointer)

2006-08-18 Thread Andy Jones
Can I put my 2c in as a user? What happens then? Everybody who launches Blackbox 0.70 and bbkeys 0.9 will get basic keyboard functionality, including Alt+TAB and workspace switching via Alt+digit [...] Yep. That's what you get. And frankly that's all I need to make Blackbox work for me.

Re: blackbox 0.70.1; bbkeys 0.9.0 - bbkeys crashes with invalid pointer

2006-08-17 Thread Andy Jones
::brainstorm:: So if I download the source and compile using gcc3.4 (say) would that work?On 8/16/06, D. E. Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: when I run bbkeys I get: *** glibc detected*** free(): invalid pointer: 0x0808b3d8 *** Any ideas?If I remember right, this is a problem with compiling bbkeys

Re: blackbox 0.70.1; bbkeys 0.9.0 - bbkeys crashes with invalid pointer

2006-08-17 Thread Johannes Winkelmann
Hi, On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 15:44:10 -0600, D. E. Evans wrote: when I run bbkeys I get: *** glibc detected*** free(): invalid pointer: 0x0808b3d8 *** Any ideas? If I remember right, this is a problem with compiling bbkeys with gcc 4. For the record, bbkeys works fine with gcc

Re: blackbox 0.70.1; bbkeys 0.9.0 - bbkeys crashes with invalid pointer

2006-08-17 Thread D. E. Evans
::brainstorm:: So if I download the source and compile using gcc3.4 (say) would that work? Yes. There's also an rpm distributed via sf.net/projects/bbkeys. Does anyone else know if the bbkeys source at sf.net has been patched for use with gcc 4? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: blackbox 0.70.1; bbkeys 0.9.0 - bbkeys crashes with invalid pointer

2006-08-17 Thread D. E. Evans
Google suggests that it's a problem with the ubuntu/debian package: I have begun to distrust the packaged software of OS distributions. It is becoming more and more common for me to get my software from the developers directly, and blackbox/bbtools is one them. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

RE: blackbox 0.70.1; bbkeys 0.9.0 - bbkeys crashes with invalid pointer

2006-08-17 Thread Larson, Timothy E.
D. E. Evans wrote: Google suggests that it's a problem with the ubuntu/debian package: I have begun to distrust the packaged software of OS distributions. It is becoming more and more common for me to get my software from the developers directly, and blackbox/bbtools is one them. I

RE: blackbox 0.70.1; bbkeys 0.9.0 - bbkeys crashes with invalid pointer

2006-08-17 Thread Larson, Timothy E.
Ciprian Popovici wrote: I would've personally though that the EWMH support in 0.70.x more than makes up for the loss of bbtools, by allowing users to combine Blackbox with a very wide variety of pieces from various desktop environments, not to mention standalone software that also supports

blackbox 0.65 vs. 0.70 (was: blackbox 0.70.1; bbkeys 0.9.0 - bbkeys crashes with invalid pointer)

2006-08-17 Thread Jan Schaumann
Larson, Timothy E. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I invite anyone who does know what's going on to look over these posts, and see what can be done. Maybe Jan even lurks on this list??? He does indeed. :-) http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/2005/11/05/0011.html

RE: blackbox 0.65 vs. 0.70 (was: blackbox 0.70.1; bbkeys 0.9.0 - bbkeys crashes with invalid pointer)

2006-08-17 Thread Larson, Timothy E.
Jan Schaumann wrote: Larson, Timothy E. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/2005/11/05/0011.html http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/2005/11/05/0012.html http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/2005/11/05/0014.html And these do remain my concerns. From my point

Re: blackbox 0.70.1; bbkeys 0.9.0 - bbkeys crashes with invalid pointer

2006-08-17 Thread Johannes Winkelmann
Hi, On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 21:25:30 +0100, Andy Jones wrote: ::sigh:: I sort of knew this would happen. I've had trouble with compiling bbkeys before. I'm not a C programmer, so maybe it's me. On the other hand, I can certainly agree with those posting here that wonder why these tools

Re: blackbox 0.70.1; bbkeys 0.9.0 - bbkeys crashes with invalid pointer

2006-08-17 Thread Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
On Thursday 17 August 2006 10:29, D. E. Evans wrote: ::brainstorm:: So if I download the source and compile using gcc3.4 :: (say) would that work? Yes. There's also an rpm distributed via sf.net/projects/bbkeys. Does anyone else know if the bbkeys source at sf.net has been

blackbox 0.70.1; bbkeys 0.9.0 - bbkeys crashes with invalid pointer

2006-08-16 Thread Andy Jones
Hi all. when I run bbkeys I get: *** glibc detected*** free(): invalid pointer: 0x0808b3d8 *** Any ideas? [Ubuntu 6.06] I've attached the whole output of bbkeys -D, in case that helps. Andy -- It's Like ThisEven the SamuraiHave teddy bearsAnd even the teddy bearsGet drunk ffile Description: