Re: FVWM: Failed to write descriptor to 'FvwmAnimate'

From: Dominik Vogt <fvwm_at_fvwm.org>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 09:19:55 +0200

On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 01:31:24PM +1000, Dennis McGregor wrote:
> Hello.
>
> When I'm tweaking my config file I often restart fvwm using the key combo
> Key Space A CSM Restart "/home/djm/bin/fvwm"
> Every so often I get timeouts associated with FvwmAnimate while loading FvwmIconMan.
>
> ~/bin/fvwm --version
> fvwm 2.5.7 (from cvs) compiled on Apr 16 2003 at 11:00:59
> with support for: ReadLine, RPlay, Stroke, XPM, PNG, Shape, XShm, SM, Bidi text, XRender, XFT, NLS
>
> Some possibly relevant lines from my config are:
>
> *FvwmIconMan: NoIconAction "SendToModule FvwmAnimate animate"
> SetAnimation 10 -.01 0 .01 .03 .08 .18 .3 .45 .6 .75 .85 .90 .94 .97 .99 1.0
>
> The error message is:
> [FVWM] [FlushMessageQueue]: <<ERROR>> Failed to write descriptor to 'FvwmAnimate':
> - select rc=0
> - terminate signal=N
>
> It doesn't happen every time I restart, and it seems to be random whether
> it happens or not - at least, I can't pinpoint what makes it occur or not.
> It has never occurred when fvwm starts for the first time.
>
> Any ideas why this might be happening or what I can do about it?

Post your config (preferrably stripped down to the minimum that
shows the problem) and try to start FvwmAnimate last.

Bye

Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Received on Fri Jun 06 2003 - 02:19:32 BST

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