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Re: starting other WM from fluxbox, fvwm (others?) fails



On Tue, 18 Oct 2022, John D. Baker wrote:

After getting 'fvwm' working in -current, I noticed a strange failure.

When using the "start other WM" function in either 'fluxbox' or 'fvwm{,2}',
the selected window manager starts, but then exits either immediately
or when the next button event happens.


Can't reproduce this with fvwm2 + twm/ctwm/evilwm on -HEAD from last
week.

fvwm is the binary from 2022Q2, and another compiled from source.
The `config` file is the default with these 3 additions:

```
 + "" Nop
 + "Re&fresh%icons/refresh.png%" Refresh
 + "&Restart%icons/restart.png%" Restart
++ "Restart TWM%icons/restart.png%" Restart twm
++ "Restart CTWM%icons/restart.png%" Restart ctwm
++ "Restart evilwm%icons/restart.png%" Restart /opt/evilwm/bin/evilwm
 + "&Quit%icons/quit.png%" Module FvwmScript FvwmScript-ConfirmQuit

 # Generate XDGMenu
```

fvwm-2.6.9 both a) starts OK and b) execs the other WM just fine. Tried
startx and xdm on genfb/wsfb and modesetting(4) (Intel IvyBridge Mobile with
Option "AccelMethod" "none"--otherwise my laptop hangs hard)

-RVP


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