Elliot Sowadsky <elliot_at_lsil.com> writes:
>
> < > Speaking of fvwm startup functions, i notice that after doing enough rest
> arts
> < > , i'll get a pipe2 read error and my modules wont start.
> < >
> < > Do pipes automagically get closed on restart?
> < > Do i have to manually kill the modules on a restart?
> < >
> < > running 2.5.5....but above always true.
> < >
> < > Heres my StartFunction, restarted by a "Restart".
> < >
> < > AddToFunc StartFunction
> < > + I Exec xsetroot -solid #b15a27
> < > + I Module FvwmPager 0 0
> < > + I Module FvwmEvent
> < > + I Module FvwmTaskBar
> < > + I Module FvwmWindowLister
> <
> < I think you might be running into some kind of OS thing.
> < What OS is this?
> <
> < On my Linux machine I tried:
> <
> < home> echo *|wc
> < 1 30 236
> < home> for i in * ; do (FvwmCommand restart;sleep 10) done
> <
> < That restarted Fvwm 30 times.
> < I had no problem.
> <
> < I have FvwmCommand, FvwmAnimate and FvwmBanner in my
> < StartFunction.
>
> I'm running on Sun Solaris 2.5.1..
Next Monday is the soonest I could try this on a Sun,
but 2.5.1 is out of the question. All our 2.5.1 systems
are long gone.
Maybe you should try something like I did.
See if you can nail down the number of restarts and find
out if its consistently reproducible.
> Other fvwm Quit behavior i notice is that if my cmdtool starts a background
> script that loops forever (w/ an embedded "sleep"), if i quit fvwm w/o killin
> g either the script or the "sleep", fvwm wont terminate.
> I now get around it by doing the kills as part of my Quit function.
>
> fvwm is started as the last line in a .xinitrc ("exec fvwm2").
>
> Anything obvious about why?
A stack trace while Fvwm is hanging would be a good place to start.
If you need instructions, just ask.
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Received on Thu Jan 02 2003 - 15:36:30 GMT