FVWM: restarting fvwm

From: schaecsn <schaecsn_at_gmx.de>
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 16:15:35 -0700

Hi fvwm_at_fvwm.org

i try to explain my problem first:

when I press the pulldown menu of netscape the menu shows up as
expected, but once in a month netscape refuses to continue, it simply
stalls. When showing up the pulldown menu the mouse pointer changes its
shape, e.g. from an "X" to an arrow pointing north-east. A further
consequence of this is I can't focus any other windows anymore. Netscape
(or netscape's pull down menu) doesn't release the focus.


So I switch back to a virtual console via CTRL-ALT-F1 and kill netscape
with "pkill -9 netscape". switiching back to X reveals that netscape is
really dead but unfortunately the mouse is still an arrow pointing
north-east and thus I can't focus any other windows leaving X-windows in
an unusable state. now i have to kill x-windows from a virtual console
and start it, again ;-(


I hope that there is a way to restart fvwm from the console?
Maybe there are some other suggestions?

thanks for any help.

oh, here is my machine:
- Fvwm Version 2.2.4 compiled on Mar 25 2001 at 20:19:40
- Linux taipeh 2.4.4 #4 SMP Fri May 4 13:57:28 PDT 2001 i586
- anything else important?


- Stefan

(please make to reply not only to the list but also to me. thank you!)

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