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Re: [STUMP] gnome-panel doesn't notice killed windows?


From: James Wright
Subject: Re: [STUMP] gnome-panel doesn't notice killed windows?
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:55:36 -0800

I've found the problem.  It's a race condition in stump's updating of
window lists.  I'll post a patch.

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 5:07 PM, James Wright <address@hidden> wrote:
> [Resending, since I accidentally sent to Shawn instead of the list.  Sorry.]
>
> Hi Shawn,
>
> I'm using stock ubuntu 8.04 as well (gnome-panel version 2.22.2), and
> the git version of stumpwm.  I built stumpwm on my own machine using
> the latest versions of clx etc., downloaded and built using clbuild.
>
> My report in my previous email was incomplete.  It turns out that a
> window being closed is reflected as soon as something else gets focus,
> but not beforehand.  So in particular, if I kill every window in a
> tile-group, the last window stays in the panel until I start something
> else.
>
> My gnome-panel looks a little funny under stumpwm.  I assume it can't
> get the theme configuration that it wants because I either didn't run
> it with the proper arguments or there is some other gnome support
> program that I should be running but I'm not (I just start gnome-panel
> from .stumpwmrc on its own).  Is it possible that the same problem is
> causing this behaviour?
>
> This is a more complete repro script that might make the bug a little clearer:
>
> 1. In an empty tile group, split the screen into 3 frames (the details
> don't matter)
> 2. Start 3 terminals, one in each frame.  Gnome-panel is correct,
> contains 3 terminals.
> 3. Kill one of the terminals.  An empty frame now has focus, and
> gnome-panel is wrong, still containing 3 terminals.
> 4. Move focus to one of the other frames.  A live terminal window gets
> focus, gnome-panel is now correct, containing 2 terminals.
> 5. Kill another terminal.  Same situation as step 3: Empty frame is
> focused, gnome-panel still contains the killed terminal.
> 6. Move focus to last terminal, gnome-panel becomes correct.
> 7. Kill the last terminal, gnome-panel is wrong (still contains last 
> terminal).
>
> Is there any other information I could give you to make this easier to
> track down?
>
> Thanks!
>     James
>
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Shawn <address@hidden> wrote:
>> "James Wright" <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> I'm using gnome-panel under stumpwm, and I love it.  However, I've
>>> noticed that when I kill a window, that change is not reflected in the
>>> panel until I create another window (at which point it appears to sync
>>> up properly again).  Has anyone else encountered this behaviour?  Does
>>> anyone have any idea what causes it, or how to work around it?  I've
>>> done a little bit of digging through the code, but I haven't been able
>>> to figure anything out so far.  I'd  appreciate any tips or advice.
>>
>> Hi James,
>>
>> I can't reproduce this here using stock gnome from ubuntu 8.04 and
>> stumpwm from git.
>>
>> What versions are you using?
>>
>> -Shawn
>>
>>
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