Package: ratpoison Version: 1.4.0.dfsg-2 Severity: normal Problem: In my .ratpoisonrc, I have a hook to show me my windows while rotating through them: addhook switchwin windows My bar timeout is set to the default (5). Sometimes, after rotating rapidly through windows using "next" or "prev", the bar gets "stuck on" --- when the timeout triggers, it blinks off and then immediately turns back on, repeating every timeout period. If I leave it for several minutes, it usually goes away by itself, or I can kill it with the "abort" command. If I kill it with the "abort" command, it always comes back then next time I switch windows. This is pretty annoying.
To reproduce: try adding the same hook and rapidly rotating using "next". Sorry I can't suggest a more reliable method; I haven't figured out exactly what triggers it. Possible fix: I've identified a line of code which seems very suspicious to me in src/actions.c, line 2642: if (!hide_bar (s) || defaults.bar_timeout > 0) show_bar (s, fmt); The intent of the hide_bar is to deal with the bar_timeout == 0 case, but it runs in either case, and I suspect there is a race condition between the timeout alarm and the period between hide_bar and show_bar. I've changed the line to: if ( defaults.bar_timeout > 0 || !hide_bar(s) ) show_bar( s, fmt ); and recompiled ratpoison. Since I've done that, I haven't been able to trigger the bug again, so I suspect it's fixed. Cheers, Chris -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-686 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages ratpoison depends on: ii 9menu 1.8-1.1 Creates X menus from the shell ii libc6 2.3.6-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libreadline5 5.1-7 GNU readline and history libraries ii libx11-6 2:1.0.0-6 X11 client-side library ii libxext6 1:1.0.0-4 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxtst6 1:1.0.1-3 X11 Testing -- Resource extension Versions of packages ratpoison recommends: ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal-em 2.14.2-1 The GNOME 2 terminal emulator appl ii konsole [x-terminal-emulator] 4:3.2.2-1 KDE X terminal emulator ii menu 2.1.27 generates programs menu for all me ii mlterm [x-terminal-emulator] 2.9.2-5+b1 MultiLingual TERMinal ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 210-3 X terminal emulator -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
