Debian Bug report logs - #11845
fvwm2: some programs doesn't start from init.hook

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Package: fvwm2; Maintainer for fvwm2 is (unknown);

Reported by: Mikolaj Konarski <mikon@mimuw.edu.pl>

Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 18:33:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 2.0.45-BETA-4

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Austin Donnelly <and1000@debian.org>:
Bug#11845; Package fvwm2. (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Mikolaj Konarski <mikon@mimuw.edu.pl>:
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From: Mikolaj Konarski <mikon@mimuw.edu.pl>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: fvwm2: some programs doesn't start from init.hook
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 13:09:30 +0200 (MET DST)
Package: fvwm2
Version: 2.0.45-BETA-4

unclutter and FvwmAuto doesn't want to start 
when put into init.hook (yes, I know the syntax of init.hook)

On the other hand:

Exec unclutter -idle 2 &
Module FvwmAuto 500

does work when put into .fvwm2rc

-- System Information
Debian Release: 1.3
Kernel Version: Linux bratek 2.0.30 #1 Mon May 19 03:35:54 CEST 1997 i486 unknown
 
Versions of the packages fvwm2 depends on:
libc5   Version: 5.4.33-5
xlib6   Version: 3.3-3
xpm4.7  Version: 3.4g-9
 



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Bug#11845; Package fvwm2. (full text, mbox, link).


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Message #10 received at 11845@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Austin Donnelly <austin@greenend.org.uk>
To: Mikolaj Konarski <mikon@mimuw.edu.pl>
Cc: 11845@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#11845: fvwm2: some programs doesn't start from init.hook
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 17:49:58 +0100 (BST)
On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Mikolaj Konarski wrote:

> Package: fvwm2
> Version: 2.0.45-BETA-4
> 
> unclutter and FvwmAuto doesn't want to start 
> when put into init.hook (yes, I know the syntax of init.hook)
> 
> On the other hand:
> 
> Exec unclutter -idle 2 &
> Module FvwmAuto 500
> 
> does work when put into .fvwm2rc

The init.hook only gets run the very first time fvwm2 is started.  If
you select "restart" from the fvwm2 menu, the init.hook won't be
activated.  The init-restart.hook gets run both the first time fvwm2
is started, and every time is it restarted.

So, programs like unclutter (which will survive fvwm2 restarting) you
probably want to run from init.hook, but modules (which die when fvwm2
restarts) you want in init-restart.hook.

Please let me know how you get on, and I'll close the bug report when
your happy.

Austin


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Bug#11845; Package fvwm2. (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Mikolaj Konarski <mikon@mimuw.edu.pl>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Austin Donnelly <and1000@debian.org>. (full text, mbox, link).


Message #15 received at 11845@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Mikolaj Konarski <mikon@mimuw.edu.pl>
To: 11845@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#11845: fvwm2: some programs doesn't start from init.hook
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 15:29:27 +0200 (MET DST)
[snip]
  > Please let me know how you get on, and I'll close the bug report when
  > your happy.

I nearly never restart my fvwm, if you suspect this is the cause.

I'm not happy, because I have to keep unclutter and FvwmAuto
in .fvwm2rc instead of init.hook and init-restart.hook.
And if not for this problem and the one about Pager,
I wouldn't have my own .fvwm2rc at all, 
which would be ideologically perfect, wouldn't it?

Did you try to put unclutter and FvwmAuto into your init.hook?
If it works for you I'll doublecheck again at home,
but I'm afraid it just doesn't work.

Cheers,
Mikolaj


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