On 30 Jun 2003 20:07:30 +0200, Johan Svedberg wrote: > > * Jun 30 19:24 Mikhael Goikhman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > [...] > > > Do: > > > > *FvwmButtons: (1x1-0+0, Padding 0 0, Swallow "XConsole" 'Exec killall > > xconsole; xconsole -bg black -fg white -fn 5x7 -file /dev/console -verbose') > > > > If your system has no killall, replace it with kill/pidof or whatever > > else your system has. > > > > Or alternativelly use (Swallow "XConsole" RestartConsole) with: > > > > AddToFunc RestartConsole > > + I All (XConsole) Close > > + I Exec exec xconsole -bg black -fg white -fn 5x7 -file /dev/console > > -verbose > > Hmmm, I had to go with the alternative since root owns the initial > process, so I don't have permission to kill it. Although when going with > the second choice everything freezes (Wait:ing for something I guess) > for about ~30sec before I get control back. Is there anything I can do > about this other than pressing Ctrl-Alt-Esc?
I can't reproduce any freeze if I use the second approach (I started xconsole as root before starting my minimally configured FvwmButtons). Try to make it reproduceable and report this back. In the mean time you may simply do: All (XConsole) Close FvwmButtons [alias] Regards, Mikhael. -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
