According to Scott Seighman:
> To: fvwm_at_hpc.uh.edu
> Subject: FVWM: FVWM 1.24 hangs on all our systems
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> Sender: owner-fvwm_at_hpc.uh.edu
> Precedence: list
> X-Majordomo: 1.94.1
> We have encountered a strange problem with fvwm 1.24 on Solaris 2.4
> systems. Every month (or so, haven't narrowed down the frequency) all
> of the systems in our facility (and even remotely) that have the fvwm
> window manager hang (well, sort of...). The mouse is still active,
> however, you cannot get focus on any of the windows (cursor block
> remains empty even when the mouse is in the window). You can still type
> in whatever window was active at the time of the hang. The only way to
> fix the problem is to restart the window manager. The last day it
> happened was October 8th, 1997. We can actually reproduce the problem
> by setting the date on any workstation back to Oct. 8th. Strange, huh?
>
> Anyone experience a similar issue....?
Do you, by any chance, periodically synchronize the time on your
workstations? The symptoms you describe can occur if the system's date and
time move _backwards_. This has been fixed in one of the more recent
versions of 2.x.
> Thanks,
> Scott
> seighman_at_chirondiag.com
> --
> Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.hpc.uh.edu/fvwm/>.
> To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a
> message to majordomo_at_hpc.uh.edu.
> To report problems, send mail to fvwm-owner_at_hpc.uh.edu.
--
Grant McDorman <grant_at_isgtec.com>
ISG Technologies, Inc. http://www.isgtec.com
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
--
Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.hpc.uh.edu/fvwm/>.
To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a
message to majordomo_at_hpc.uh.edu.
To report problems, send mail to fvwm-owner_at_hpc.uh.edu.
- application/pgp-signature attachment: stored
Received on Thu Nov 06 1997 - 12:24:08 GMT