On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 07:02:14AM -0600, fvwm-bug wrote:
> FVWM Bug Tracking notification
> 
> new message incoming/958
> 
> Message summary for PR#958
>       From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>       Subject: dragging windows off screen can crash fvwm
>       Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 07:02:13 -0600
>       0 replies       0 followups
> 
> Full_Name: Tom Jones
> Version: 2.4.11 - 2.4.13
> CVS_Date: 
> OS: Solaris 8
> X_Server: Xsun
> Submission from: (NULL) (128.16.10.151)
> 
> 
> Dragging a window off the top-right or bottom-left corners of the screen
> causes an immediate crash of fvwm. This is with a fvwm compiled with gcc
> 2.95.2 under Solaris 8. 
> 
> The problem is only exhibited under Solaris 8. Using the same binaries
> under 9, the problem doesn't occur. The problem also doesn't occur under
> Solaris 7 (using binaries compiled under Solaris 7). Under 8, the problem
> is perfectly reproducible.
> 
> The machines on which this bug was noticed are a SunBlade 100s. When trying
> it on a SPARCstation 20 (which is not an ultra), this problem does not
> occur.
> 
> You can drag windows off the top-left and bottom-right corners just fine.
> 
> The problem occurs with all configuration files we've tried, and it also
> occurs in the absence of any configuration file.
> 
> The behaviour is identical in both versions of fvwm that I've tried: 2.4.11
> and 2.4.13.
> 
> The last few lines of configure's output was:
> 
> FVWM Configuration:
> 
>   Version:     2.4.11
> 
>   Executables: /opt/UCLCSxcontrib/bin
>   Man pages:   /opt/UCLCSxcontrib/man
>   Modules:     /opt/UCLCSxcontrib/libexec/fvwm/2.4.11
>   Data files:  /opt/UCLCSxcontrib/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?             no: Failed to detect libXinerama
>   With XPM support?                  no: Can't find working libXpm
> 
> I'll stop there for now in case you already know what the problem is, but
> I'm happy to do a more detailed bug report if not.

Can you compile fvwm with debug symbols enabled and fetch us a stack
trace?  With gcc/gdb:

   $ make CFLAGS="-g"

to build and then run and crash fvwm, locate the core file and run

  $ gdb fvwm2 core
  (gdb) where

Others may help out with the instructions for the SOlaris compiler
and debugger.

Bye

Dominik ^_^  ^_^
--
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]

Reply via email to