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sl70
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 Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2020 4:17 am Post subject: WindowMaker segfaults |
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I've been using WindowMaker in Gentoo for nearly 20 years now, and have grown quite fond of it. It does everything I need quickly and efficiently. However, recently I've been getting frequent segfaults, causing WM to restart or crash. This is a message I got:
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Apr 23 12:45:12 xxxx kernel: wmaker[26347]: segfault at 21 ip 000055c8dc1e1f8b
sp 00007fff0bf20620 error 4 in wmaker[55c8dc1b3000+63000]
Apr 23 12:45:12 xxxx kernel: Code: 55 41 89 cd 41 54 41 89 d4 55 89 f5 53 48 8
9 fb 48 83 ec 08 48 85 db 74 64 48 8b 43 18 48 8b 70 08 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 89 6b
30 <48> 8b 36 44 89 e1 89 ea 44 89 63 34 48 8b 3d b2 71 05 00 e8 1d 1d
Apr 23 12:45:12 xxxx /usr/bin/wmaker[26247]: (MonitorLoop(monitor.c:133)): warning: Window Maker exited due to a crash (signal 11) and will be restarted. |
I tried rebuilding WM but it didn't help. I guess it's getting long in the tooth and perhaps is not being maintained much anymore. Anyone have any ideas, other than "use another desktop environment"? |
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Hu
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| Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 1:49 am Post subject: |
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| You could try to debug it. Rebuild with symbols. Grab a core file when it crashes. Post the backtrace and register context. |
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sl70
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| Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 5:26 am Post subject: |
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| OK, sure. However, I have no idea how to do this. If you can point me to instructions I will try. |
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AJM
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| Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 11:07 pm Post subject: Re: WindowMaker segfaults |
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| sl70 wrote: | | I tried rebuilding WM but it didn't help. I guess it's getting long in the tooth and perhaps is not being maintained much anymore. Anyone have any ideas, other than "use another desktop environment"? |
I'm a very long standing fan of WM too, especially because I can't even remember the last time I had something like a crash. It is definitely still being actively maintained so I wouldn't suggest using a different WM... there was a new release quite recently, which version are you running? Have the crashes started after installing the latest version (if you have?) |
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sl70
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| Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 1:21 am Post subject: Re: WindowMaker segfaults |
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| AJM wrote: | | sl70 wrote: | | I tried rebuilding WM but it didn't help. I guess it's getting long in the tooth and perhaps is not being maintained much anymore. Anyone have any ideas, other than "use another desktop environment"? |
I'm a very long standing fan of WM too, especially because I can't even remember the last time I had something like a crash. It is definitely still being actively maintained so I wouldn't suggest using a different WM... there was a new release quite recently, which version are you running? Have the crashes started after installing the latest version (if you have?) |
I'm running the latest testing version, 0.95.9. This was installed about 2 weeks ago. I think these crashes started a few months ago when I started using a TV as my monitor (long story; don't ask). That couldn't have anything to do with this, could it? |
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sl70
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| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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| OK, it looks like it was the TV. I switched to a regular monitor and the segfaults have gone away. I still get occasional restarts, but it's nothing I can't live with. |
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