Brad, Jeff, well, I've got this message. I'd be very happy to get ANY feedback from you regarding this bug. I really like bb, cannot live without it, but this bug makes me disappointed. So please drop me a mail.
Thx. P.s.: The workaround mentioned in this message doesn't really help me due to several configuration issues. -- Laszlo Gerencser PortoLogic Ltd. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Blackbox bug? Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 14:24:14 +0200 (CEST) From: Wilbert Berendsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Laszlo Gerencser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Monday at 6:24pm, Laszlo Gerencser said: > Well, I just encountered the workspace change bug mentioned already in > this list. Latest bb (0.61.1) and bbpager (0.3.0) and an older stable > bbkeys (0.3.6), both are compiled from source. XFree86 Version 3.3.6 > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300). > > I switched from a workspace with bbkeys-assigned key-combination. When > I reached an empty workspace, bb crashed, X crashed without any > warning or error. I've lost one and a half hour of my work. > > I hope this is an Xfree bug, not a blackbox-one. AFAIK this IS a Blackbox bug. If you log your startx (or ~/.xsession-errors) you 'll find something like Signal 11 caught, shutting down... from Blackbox. This is the workaround I currently use (because Just Today, after months and months without problems, I had a crash): replace in your .xinitrc (or .xsession) the line exec blackbox with: until blackbox; do :; done This will restart blackbox if it exited with an error (so that the xinit script does not stop) but nicely logout when blackbox terminates normally. I have the impression that this bug occurs when you try to change workspaces very quickly with an assigned bbkeys key, without waiting for all windows to redraw. On my today's crash I had running: rox,nedit,xmms,mozilla,several rxvts. It looks like slow redrawing apps like netscape or mozilla are dangerous when changing workspaces very quickly. greetings, -- Wilbert Berendsen (http://www.xs4all.nl/~wbsoft/) nieuw emailadres: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "To build an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." Carl Sagan, Cosmos
