On 16 Jul 2003 18:08:41 +0200, Olivier Chapuis wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 10:06:34AM -0400, Tessa Lau wrote:
> > switch from sawfish to fvwm2.  However I'm running into a few bugs with
> > the GNOME2 integration.  I'm using a freshly built fvwm 2.5.7.
> > 
> > I switch to fvwm by killing sawfish and running fvwm2, then saving my
> > session.  The first time after I log out and log back in with fvwm, the
> > GNOME menu panel, which is always at the top of the screen, has been
> > relocated to the bottom of the screen.  The bottom edge panel has been
> > relocated to the top of the screen.  The menu panel cannot be moved.  If
> > I move the bottom edge panel down to the bottom of the screen where it
> > belongs, it gets hidden behind the menu panel, and is lost forever.
> 
> It is a fvwm bug. I hope that we will be able to fix it soon.
> 
> I switch to the fvwm-workers list.
> 
> The problem is simple: all gnome panels have the same name, icon name,
> res name and class name! So when we restore the window state fvwm/session.c
> is unable to make the distinction between all the gnome panels.
> 
> Any idea for a fix?

Does not gnome-panel set unique CLIENT_ID? Any SM aware applications
(like fvwm itself) should support (re)starting with a given client id.
Application names are only an additional confirmation.

Regards,
Mikhael.
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