FVWM: [2.0.41] fvwm core on bad Event.type

From: Paul D. Smith <psmith_at_BayNetworks.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 96 13:37:44 EST

OK, it turns out that resizing absolutely _any_ X application, then
moving the mouse outside the window will cause FVWM to core with the
same problem: Event.type is 64 and you get a core dump. I tried it with
Netscape, xterm, etc. and all did the same thing.

Note that if the memory after that array happens to be NULL, you won't
see anything go wrong; the event will just be ignored. So at least when
you're debugging FVWM, be sure to add a check for this or you might
think it doesn't happen on your system.

PS. Someone mentioned a way to create a "pseudo display" on your normal
    display that you can use to start and debug another FVWM process; I
    looked at ftp.x.org and found xpseudoroot-1.04 which looks
    promising, but I can't get it to compile, even after toying with the
    makefile and fixing a reference to dpy->display_name (changed to
    DisplayString(dpy)), because it uses the functions LockMutex and
    UnlockMutex which I can't find anywhere on my system.

    I tried searching through the FVWM mailing list archives but
    couldn't find anything about it.

    Is there a newer version of xpseudoroot or another app that does the
    same thing?

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