On Fri, 9 Feb 1996, Fritz Knabe wrote:
> The "faces" program (available at ftp.cs.indiana.edu in pub/faces; not
> to be confused with "xfaces") can be used to monitor mail, logins,
> printer queues, etc. I use it as a replacement for xbiff; it shows a
> face or domain logo for each mail message.
I am using the programm "xfaces" which does about the same job as faces
as you described it. (I can't remember where I got it from ...)
It dates back to 1993, so I suppose its well tested, too.
>
> Unfortunately, the program tickles a serious bug in fvwm. Initially
> after starting faces, there is no problem. After a minute, faces makes
> its first check for new mail and does an update. At this point fvwm
> starts expanding rapidly in memory, the machine starts thrashing, and
> it's a race to see if I can kill the process before all swap space is
> consumed and my machine crashes.
>
This bug does not occur with xfaces, it compiled out of the box and
runs smooth ever since ...
> I noticed this bug under fvwm-1, so I upgraded to version 2.0.40, where
> it still occurs. I'm running under XFree86 3.1.2B, on Linux 1.2.13
> (Debian 1.0 Alpha). I compiled fvwm with gcc and used Xpm.
>
I'm using fvwm 2.0.38 / XFree 3.1.2 Linux 1.2.13 everything compiled on
an ELF system.
> The faces program itself is well-used and tested. The most recent version
> dates back to 1991, and it compiles easily out of the box (just be sure
> to use the -traditional flag). The window system code is relatively
> small and isolated into a file x11.c (faces runs under several different
> window systems).
>
> I'd be happy to supply further information if anybody has ideas or
> questions.
>
> Thanks,
> Fritz Knabe
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I hope this helps (unless you are forced to use "faces" instead of
"xfaces")
Bye,
Gordon
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