Re: FVWM: Rox filer in a fvwm

From: Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com>
Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 23:04:47 -0400

Marco Righele <marco_righele_at_yahoo.it> writes:
> Alle Saturday 12 April 2003 16:17, Dan Espen ha scritto:
> > Ploum <ploum_at_mitose.net> writes:
> > > > See this thread:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/fvwm_at_hpc.uh.edu/msg03150.html
> > > >
> > > > Try:
> > > >
> > > > Exec nohup rox
> > >
> > > I try it.
> > >
> > > It's better because it works if another rox window is open.
> > > If not, nothing happens ! What's the deal with this software ?
> >
> > I haven't looked at the source code, but I believe its
> > trying to figure out if its invoked from a tty.
> >
> > Maybe you should contact the author.
>
> (sorry for the late reply)
> I asked to the rox mailing list. They say that the problem is probably due to
>
> the fact that Fvwm closes stdin in the Exec and later rox tries to divert it
> to /dev/null. They suggest that Fvwm should do something similar instead of
> closing stdin directly.

Can you test what I just checked into CVS and let me know if it helps?

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Received on Sun May 25 2003 - 22:06:58 BST

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