FVWM: xterm with FvwmIconBox on Fedora

[lee]

Hi,

when starting FvwmIconBox with fvwm and then starting xterm, output to the
xterm window does not work, i. e. the window is blank until resized or
when the workspace is switched.

When (re-)starting fvwm without the FvwmIconBox module, xterm works
fine. Please see [1] for a more detailed reference.

The FvwmIconBox is configured as follows:


DestroyModuleConfig FvwmIconBox: *
############################################################
# Note that icons are shown in the module
# ONLY if NoIcon commnand is applied.
Style "*" NoIcon
#
############################################################
*FvwmIconBox: IconifiedTitleInvertedRelief
*FvwmIconBox: IconifiedTitleRelief 4
*FvwmIconBox: UseSkipList
*FvwmIconBox: IconBack black
*FvwmIconBox: IconFore darkgreen
*FvwmIconBox: IconHiFore green
*FvwmIconBox: IconHiBack black
*FvwmIconBox: Back DarkSlateGray
*FvwmIconBox: Fore green
*FvwmIconBox: Geometry 4x4+5+915
*FvwmIconBox: MaxIconSize 64x38
*FvwmIconBox: Font "xft:Liberation:pixelsize=10:Medium"
*FvwmIconBox: SortIcons IconName
*FvwmIconBox: Padding 4
*FvwmIconBox: Lines 4
*FvwmIconBox: SBWidth 11
*FvwmIconBox: Placement Left Top
*FvwmIconBox: HideSC Horizontal
*FvwmIconBox: SetWMIconSize
*FvwmIconBox: HilightFocusWin
*FvwmIconBox: Mouse 1 Click RaiseLower
*FvwmIconBox: Mouse 1 DoubleClick Iconify
*FvwmIconBox: Mouse 2 Click Iconify -1, Focus
*FvwmIconBox: Mouse 3 Click Module FvwmIdent


Is there anything in there that breaks xterm? Can someone verify this
problem?


[1]: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875305

[Thomas Adam]

Post by lee
Hi,
when starting FvwmIconBox with fvwm and then starting xterm, output to the
xterm window does not work, i. e. the window is blank until resized or
when the workspace is switched.

It's such a shame that you chose to use FvwmIconBox. It's one of
those modules which is dead and hasn't been touched by anyone in more
years than I can recall. Don't use it. This is why we have
FvwmIconMan as its replacement.

Post by lee
When (re-)starting fvwm without the FvwmIconBox module, xterm works
fine. Please see [1] for a more detailed reference.

You haven't told us what your FVWM version is---what is it? Note that
I doubt this is FVWM's fault, since I can't reproduce your problem at
all. Also:

X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 18 (X_ChangeProperty)
Resource id in failed request: 0x0

Says that XTerm fucked up to me. I'll entertain this for one minute.
If you can get the window to be blank, can you please attach the
output from "xprop", and then whilst it's still blank, run in another
window "xprop -spy" and unblank the window? Then put the log from
that together with the other one and send it to me.

-- Thomas Adam

[lee]

Post by Thomas Adam

Post by lee
Hi,
when starting FvwmIconBox with fvwm and then starting xterm, output to the
xterm window does not work, i. e. the window is blank until resized or
when the workspace is switched.

It's such a shame that you chose to use FvwmIconBox. It's one of
those modules which is dead and hasn't been touched by anyone in more
years than I can recall. Don't use it. This is why we have
FvwmIconMan as its replacement.

I didn't know that it has been replaced with FvwmIconMan. Is
FvwmIconBox now deprecated and only available for compatibility? There
wouldn't be anything to keep me from switching, I guess.

Post by Thomas Adam

Post by lee
When (re-)starting fvwm without the FvwmIconBox module, xterm works
fine. Please see [1] for a more detailed reference.

You haven't told us what your FVWM version is---what is it?

It's 2.6.5 as is currently in Fedora 19:


,----
| [~] rpm -qi fvwm
| Name : fvwm
| Version : 2.6.5
| Release : 4.fc19
| Architecture: x86_64
| Install Date: Sat 13 Jul 2013 13:20:15 CEST
| Group : User Interface/X
| Size : 7255461
| License : GPLv2+
| Signature : RSA/SHA256, Fri 15 Mar 2013 15:27:27 CET, Key ID 07477e65fb4b18e6
| Source RPM : fvwm-2.6.5-4.fc19.src.rpm
| Build Date : Thu 14 Feb 2013 19:50:52 CET
| Build Host : buildvm-17.phx2.fedoraproject.org
| Relocations : (not relocatable)
| Packager : Fedora Project
| Vendor : Fedora Project
| URL : http://www.fvwm.org/
| Summary : Highly configurable multiple virtual desktop window manager
| Description :
| Fvwm is a window manager for X11. It is designed to
| minimize memory consumption, provide a 3D look to window frames,
| and implement a virtual desktop.
| [~]
`----

Post by Thomas Adam
Note that
I doubt this is FVWM's fault, since I can't reproduce your problem at
X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 18 (X_ChangeProperty)
Resource id in failed request: 0x0
Says that XTerm fucked up to me. I'll entertain this for one minute.

It is very well possible that the problem is with xterm --- or somewhere
else entirely.

Post by Thomas Adam
If you can get the window to be blank, can you please attach the
output from "xprop", and then whilst it's still blank, run in another
window "xprop -spy" and unblank the window? Then put the log from
that together with the other one and send it to me.

Sure, I'll send them to you. Thank you for looking into this.