FVWM: internal errors/blank menus

From: Randy Schultz <schultz_at_sgi.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 16:30:51 -0500 (CDT)

Hey all,

I've just installed RH 9.0 on my system. Window managers like Gnome work
fine. Wanting to get back to fvwm, I've pulled down version 2.4.16 and
compiled it, no compile errors. Configure showed:
FVWM Configuration:

  Version: 2.4.16

  Executables: /usr/local/bin
  Man pages: /usr/local/man
  Modules: /usr/local/libexec/fvwm/2.4.16
  Data files: /usr/local/share/fvwm

  With GNOME Window Manager hints? yes
  With GTK support for FvwmGtk? no: Failed to detect GTK, see config.log
  With Multibyte support? no: Use --enable-multibyte to enable
  With ReadLine sup. in FvwmConsole? yes
  With RPlay support in FvwmEvent? no: Can't find working librplay
  With Shaped window support? yes
  With Session Management support? yes
  With Stroke support? no: Can't find working libstroke
  With Xinerama support? yes
  With XPM support? yes


When I fire up fvwm, whether with all defaults or with my own .fvwm2rc,
all windows fire up and work. However once fvwm is up and running any menu
I bring up is blank. The background is correctly set to whatever Background
is set to in .fvwm2rc but there's no text. The "hotspots" are there and
working properly, I just can't see what I'm clicking on.

Running fvwm -debug shows immediate errors:
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> Request 55, Error 7, EventType: 0
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> Request 55, Error 7, EventType: 0
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> Request 55, Error 7, EventType: 0
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> Request 55, Error 7, EventType: 0
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> Request 55, Error 7, EventType: 0
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> Request 55, Error 7, EventType: 0
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> Request 55, Error 7, EventType: 0
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> Request 55, Error 7, EventType: 0
[FVWM][ReadFile]: <<DEBUG>> Module flag 1, about to attempt /usr/X11R6/share/fvwm2/ConfigFvwmDefaults
...

Anytime the pointer crosses a window boundary this gets logged:
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> Request 56, Error 7, EventType: 9
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> Request 56, Error 7, EventType: 9


Whenever I try to bring up a menu I see a rash of:
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> Request 66, Error 13, EventType: 4
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> Request 66, Error 13, EventType: 4
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> Request 66, Error 13, EventType: 4
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> Request 66, Error 13, EventType: 4
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> Request 66, Error 13, EventType: 4
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> Request 66, Error 13, EventType: 4
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> Request 75, Error 13, EventType: 4
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> Request 75, Error 13, EventType: 4
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> Request 75, Error 13, EventType: 4
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> Request 75, Error 13, EventType: 4
[FVWM][FvwmErrorHandler]: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***


Also, the buttonbox comes up but dies after a second. There is no buttonbox
bark of any kind that I can see being output via debug. The buttonbox is
sucked in via read /home/schultz/.fvwm/ConfigFvwmButtons and so far contains
merely:
*FvwmButtonsBoxSize fixed
*FvwmButtonsBack blue
*FvwmButtons: Columns 1
*FvwmButtonsGeometry +0+200
*FvwmButtons: (2x2, Frame 2, Swallow(UseOld) "Inline" "Module FvwmPager Inline 0 0")
*FvwmButtons(NoSize Title Galeon, Icon wingdogs, Action `exec /usr/bin/galeon`)
*FvwmButtons(NoSize Title XChat, Icon mini.ear.xpm, Action `exec /usr/bin/xchat`)
*FvwmButtons(NoSize Title Close, Icon bomb.xpm, Action Close)
*FvwmButtons(NoSize Title Xterm, Icon xterm.xpm, Action `exec xterm -fn "-schumacher-*-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" -geometry 87x73 -sb -sl 4000 -ls &`)
*FvwmButtons(Size 50 50 Swallow(Respawn,NoHints) xclock 'exec xclock &')
#*FvwmButtons(End)


Anybody have any ideas or pointers on where to find out what the errors mean
and what's happening to the buttonbox and menus?

-- 
 Randy    (schultz_at_sgi.com)  715-726-2832          <*>
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Received on Tue Jun 24 2003 - 16:34:05 BST

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