On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 03:43:37 -0400, Junren Shi And Xin Hu
<junrenshixinhu_at_hotmail.com> 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
>
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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.
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Received on Thu Jul 22 2004 - 20:05:12 BST