Re: FVWM: fvwm hangs

From: Dominik Vogt <fvwm_at_fvwm.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 12:39:11 +0200

On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 08:05:46PM +0000, Bruce M Beach wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Dominik Vogt wrote:
>
> >On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 09:49:22PM +0000, Bruce M Beach wrote:
> >> Hello All
> >>
> >> If I execute a tcl script from the fvwm menu
> >> that has the the following line:
> >> "Tkxset" Exec exec /scripts/tkxset
> >> the xterms dont' change color as I move the mouse into them,
> >> ..................................
>
> > Can you send me the whole tk script? Pressing ctrl-alt-escape may
> > help to break the freeze.
> >
>
> Thanks for the reply. I can send you the script but I'm not sure
> of the need. I was going to write to the tk/tcl people about the
> problem, but first I thought I would see if there were any new
> versions. There was so I upgraded from tcl8.4a3 to tcl8.4a4,
> likewise with tk and the problem went away. I rebuild the entire
> system from source every week and at one point tcl8.4a3 and fvwm
> were working fine. Then one week something (probably a new glib)
> broke tcl8.4a3. At first I thought it was fvwm-2.4.8, but I went
> back to an older version, tcl was still broken, so it wasn't fvwm.
> As I say tcl8.4a4 fixed the problem. As far as the script goes,
> all tcl/tk scripts were broken on that term signal. I imagine that
> the tcl/tk people know about the problem but it does seem strange
> that there is a lib/tcl/gcc/... combination where signals are not
> working properly. If you need to know more about this problem let me
> know and I can restore the old tcl again.

Ah, thanks for the info. I guess we can ignore the problem then.

Bye

Dominik ^_^ ^_^

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