Re: FVWM: restarting fvwm

From: Mikhael Goikhman <migo_at_homemail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 11:41:55 +0000

On 18 May 2001 18:07:36 -0700, schaecsn wrote:
>
> Hi Mikhael
>
> Thanks for your answer. Sooner or later I have to try it out.
> Actually, how do you run FVWM commands?

You run them from .fvwm2rc directly or by binding to Key, Mouse or menus.
You can also run them in FvwmConsole interactivelly.

  # press Alt-F12 to run FvwmConsole
  Key F12 A M Module FvwmConsole

If you ask how to run FvwmCommandS (a server for FvwmCommand), simply put
this word in your .fvwm2rc or start it from StartFunction, where you start
all other persistent modules:

  AddToFunc StartFunction I Module FvwmCommandS

Then from the command line (shell, not .fvwm2rc) execute:

  FvwmCommand 'Next (xterm) Move w+2 w+2'

Regards,
Mikhael.

> Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
> >
> > On 12 May 2001 16:15:35 -0700, schaecsn wrote:
> > >
> > > 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 ;-(
> >
> > Yes, I saw this Netscape's bug too. It leaves cursor grabbed.
> >
> > > I hope that there is a way to restart fvwm from the console?
> > > Maybe there are some other suggestions?
> >
> > You may send SIGUSR1 to fvwm2 process in 2.2.x and 2.3.x versions:
> >
> > pkill -USR1 fvwm2
> >
> > Another possible solution is to run FvwmCommandS and then execute from
> > the command line "FvwmCommand Restart".
> >
> > But I am not sure whether restarting of FVWM solves this problem.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mikhael.
>
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-- 
Regards,
Mikhael.
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