Re: FVWM: xman menus don't work

From: <Robert.H.Ford__II_at_att.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 10:39:57 +0600

> > I can't use either menu, so I can't actually get to a manual page or
> > browse through commands. To me, this is broken! Maybe its not a
> > widespread problem. Lets see, I have Solaris 2.5 and openwin 3.?
> > I'll just go and check that using different mouse buttons etc doesn't fix
> > it. Nope. Xman might as well be a static picture for all the use I can
> > get out of it. I have the last fvwm beta, compiled as normal, no patches.
> > I can get the menus up in xman, I just cannot select anything in either
> > options or sections. Hence, no use! :-)
>
> I've no problem with solaris 2.5 X11R5 Fvwm-2.0.42.
> Do you have the num lock key pressed? Try to press it and test xman again.
> I had a similiar problem some time ago, on an Indy using mwm. The problem
> was the same with all the programs using the athena (Xaw) widget set.
> If the num-lock is active, you can see menus but you can't select them.
> Again, I repeat that I had this problem with mwm.
>
> I tested here and I have the same problem as you If I enable the numlock
> key. This seems to be a problem of the athena widget set. Does anybody can
> confirm this?
>
> Lokh.

I just tried this under Solaris 2.3 (x11r5 and fvwm-2.0.40), and sure enough
with the num-lock active none of the menus worked.

Bob
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Received on Thu Jun 13 1996 - 11:37:02 BST

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