On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 01:33:54PM +0000, Tim Phipps wrote: > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > uname: SunOS silver 5.5.1 Generic_103640-39 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10 > compiler flags: gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-implicit-int > > FVWM Version: 2.5.1 > FVWM_MODULEDIR: /u/phippst/sunos/libexec/fvwm/2.5.1 > FVWM_DATADIR: /u/phippst/sunos/share/fvwm > FVWM_USERDIR: /u/phippst/.fvwm > > Description: > I just got locked out of X for several hours because I changed > an Exec to a Piperead in StartFunction: > > < + I Exec display -window root ~/.backing.png > > + I PipeRead display -window root ~.backing.png > > I did this to get the root background set before starting > any fvwm modules. Since I forgot the quotes Piperead just ran > "display" which tried to open a window. It was blocked waiting > for fvwm to reparent the window and fvwm was blocked waiting > for display to quit: deadlock with no timeout: very annoying > > Is it possible to change PipeRead to work like Exec?
That's because someone thought it would be a good idea to add the "quiet" option after the command string. I agree that this is most unfortunate. Should we break compatibility here? Bye Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Dominik Vogt, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm-workers" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
