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

[RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

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

> Just tested and 'fluxbox' exhibits the same problem on amd64-9.3_STABLE.

I could reproduce this with fluxbox-1.3.7 on 9.3_STABLE.

Please try this patch:

---START---
--- fluxbox-1.3.7.orig/src/main.cc	2015-02-08 10:44:45.377187009 +0000
+++ fluxbox-1.3.7/src/main.cc	2022-10-20 07:30:50.440050565 +0000
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@
     FbTk::FbStringUtil::shutdown();

     if (restarting) {
+        alarm(0);
         if (!restart_argument.empty()) {
             const char *shell = getenv("SHELL");
             if (!shell)
---END---

-RVP