Re: FVWM: fvwm2.4.6 freeze

From: Tom Alsberg <alsbergt_at_zoopee.org>
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 21:50:56 +0300

Hi there, Frank.

On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 10:42:31PM +0000, Frank Liu wrote:
> fvwm2.4.6, xfree 4.2.0, qnx4.25
>
> when I run fvwm2 from the xterm, the mouse pointer becomes busy,
> and the only way to get out is "ctrl-alt-backspace" to get back console.

Hmm... Does Ctrl+Alt+Escape a few times get you out of it?
Probably FVWM is waiting for some window to appear or something like
that...
Could you post your .fvwm2rc (and other files included or Read by it,
if any)? We might be able to help figure it out with it.

>
> I enabled debug and see it is in an infinite loop waiting for events.
> any ideas?
>
> ....
> [FVWM][HandlePropertyNotify]: <<DEBUG>> Routine Entered
> [FVWM][DispatchEvent]: <<DEBUG>> Leaving Routine
> [FVWM][My_XNextEvent]: <<DEBUG>> Routine Entered
> [FVWM][My_XNextEvent]: <<DEBUG>> taking care of queued up events & returning
> (1)
> [FVWM][DispatchEvent]: <<DEBUG>> Routine Entered
> [FVWM][HandlePropertyNotify]: <<DEBUG>> Routine Entered
> [FVWM][DispatchEvent]: <<DEBUG>> Leaving Routine
> [FVWM][My_XNextEvent]: <<DEBUG>> Routine Entered
> [FVWM][My_XNextEvent]: <<DEBUG>> waiting for module input/output
> [FVWM][My_XNextEvent]: <<DEBUG>> waiting for module input/output
> [FVWM][My_XNextEvent]: <<DEBUG>> waiting for module input/output
> [FVWM][My_XNextEvent]: <<DEBUG>> waiting for module input/output
> [FVWM][My_XNextEvent]: <<DEBUG>> waiting for module input/output
> (this last line keeps flushing out, forever, until I ctrl-alt-backspace out
> of X).
>
> Frank
>

  Best regards,
  -- Tom

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