On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 06:19:27PM -0600, S. Anderson wrote:
> On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 05:07:39PM -0400, Thomas Gardiner wrote:
> > I mannaged to get fvwm to hang the X display today and thought maybe
> > someone out there might have an idea why.
> >
> > Using fvwm2 version 2.4.7 I started gcalc. There is a gutton next to the
> > "File, Edit, Help" Menu bar. After left clicking on it, one can drag it
> > off into it's own window.
> >
> > I noticed that it was slow in redrawing the area behind it after movement
> > and yanked it around kind of fast. Needless to say, everything died.
> >
> > Fvwm emitted this error:
> >
> > [FVWM][PositiveWrite]: <<ERROR>> Failed to read descriptor from 'FvwmEvent':
> > - data available=N
> > - terminate signal=N
> >
> > Does anyone have an idea what caused this, or can any one out there
> > reporduce it?
>
> This might have been fixed, at least it doesnt happen with the cvs
> version see:
> http://www.hpc.uh.edu/fvwm/archive/0205/msg00108.html
That explains only the sluggish movement. And then, the problem
was only in 2.5.1, not in 2.4.7. I'll check that.
Bye
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Dominik Vogt, dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de
Reply-To: dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de
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Received on Sun May 26 2002 - 10:01:41 BST