Re: [dwm] slock dialog behavior

From: Anselm R Garbe <garbeam_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 20:13:25 +0000

Thanks for reporting this, I currently try to reproduce and fix this.

Kind regards,
Anselm

2008/11/29 list subscriber <mlists.acct_AT_gmail.com>:
> Hello,
> It seems as though some variation of a previous dialog bug
> (http://lists.suckless.org/dwm/0711/4361.html) still exists. I was able to
> reproduce the behavior with dwm and twm. In the first case I am able to
> regain control to the window manager, but in the second case X must be
> restarted.
>
>> cat t.sh
> #!/bin/bash
>
> firefox &
> PID=$!
> sleep 3
> kill -9 $PID
>
> # 1. slock drops back to wm and all windows are visible until an input event
> # (key press/mouse event) in which case it blanks again and it behaves as
> # normal
> slock &
> firefox &
>
> # 2. just flashes to wm on an input event but doesn't allow entering
> password
> # Warning! I was unable to unlock the display and had to restart X
> :<<EOF
> while :; do
> [[ `xlsclients | grep firefox` ]] && slock
> done
> EOF
>
> Thanks
Received on Thu Dec 04 2008 - 20:13:25 UTC

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