Re: FVWM: X protocol problems

From: Benoit Champagne <chabe04_at_calasu13.cai.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 17:14:04 -0400

===>misha21 writes:

    Scott> On Aug 8, 4:03pm, Benoit Champagne wrote:
>> Subject: FVWM: X protocol problems ===>Scott Lampert writes:
>>
    Scott> I was wondering if anyone has seen a problem with getting tons of
    Scott> X-protocol error messages while running fvwm2.0.xx under Linux?
    Scott> I've determined the problem is definately fvwm on my end; none of my
    Scott> other window managers exhibit this behavior. It seems to happen
    Scott> randomly, but it happens a lot. This has been happening here since
    Scott> version 2.0.42 (which is the first version I installed after 1.24)
    Scott> and I haven't been able figure out where the problem is coming from.
    Scott> If anyone would have any suggestions on where to start looking I'd
    Scott> appreciate a tip or two.
>>
    Scott> I'm currently running the XFree S3 server with 3.1.2E on Linux
    Scott> kernel 2.0.11 (but the version of the kernel never seemed to
    Scott> matter). I recently switched to an S3 Trio64V+ card from a Tseng
    Scott> W32 but I had the problems with the W32 also. Thanks,
>>
    BenC> I do encounter X errors when restarting fvwm with the FvwmButton
    BenC> Module.
    BenC>
    BenC> Here's an example:
    BenC> FvwmButtons: Cause of next X Error.
    BenC> X Error of
    BenC> failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
    BenC> Major opcode of failed request: 12 (X_ConfigureWindow)
    BenC> Resource id in failed request: 0x2800003
    BenC> Serial number of failed request: 460
    BenC> Current serial number in output stream: 479
    BenC>
    BenC> Don't know the cause of it though...

    misha21> I thought that this would be in the mailing list archive. Does
    misha21> this not happen when you have something like the pager swallowed
    misha21> in the button bar?

Sorry did take the time to look in the archive. I just answered Scott right
away. And your right, I do have the pager swallowed in the Module.

    misha21> I was hoping that this would be fixed in version 2.0.43. Is it
    misha21> not?

Seems not!

    misha21> I have another problem that I think might be related to this. I
    misha21> use xscreensaver as my locking program. After unlocking my
    misha21> workstation first thing in the morning, my FvwmButtons module is
    misha21> always dead and I have to restart it.

    misha21> Does anyone else have this problem.


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