[wmii] Extra processes when relaunching rc.wmii or wmiirc

I'm going to travel soon, and I didn't want this issue to get lost to
the memory hole, so please excuse the irc copy and paste.

I'm guessing that these extra processes hanging around isn't by design,
and should be considering a bug.

I'm using wmii-3.6-r1 and libixp-0.4 from Gentoo portage. Nothing wacky
in my system setup. I'm also using plan9port-20070522 from portage.
I've been trying to get up and running with rc.wmii and a rc.wmii.local,
so I've been running Mod-a rc.wmii frequentyl, but I have recreated this
issue from a clean boot and login.

__armando
aka fafhrd

<fafhrd> hey: how many " wmiir read /event" should I see in a 'ps ax'
listing under normal circumstances?
<fafhrd> also, how many "/bin/sh -f /home/adc/.wmii-3.5/wmiirc" should I
see?
<fafhrd> i have 2 wmii's, 3 wmiir read /events, and 4 sh wmiirc's
<fafhrd> that doesn't seem right at all
<fafhrd> BUG: running Mod-a -> wmiirc creates shell's that never exit,
and the count goes up and up everytime it is run
<fafhrd> BUG: running Mod-a -> wmiirc creates a new "wmiir read /events"
process; the count goes up and up
<fafhrd> ^^^ I'm guess the above two bugs are related to the out of
memory issues I've been seeing ...
<fafhrd> well, i"m going to go back to using rc.wmii, and see if that
helps --- i do with it was easier to change key bindings after they are
bound, under that :-\

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<fafhrd> http://pastie.caboo.se/130549
<fafhrd> so, a fresh wmii start-up
<fafhrd> using rc.wmii
<fafhrd> rc.wmii.local has *only* a couple color settings, and one key
binding (Mod-e for an editor/vim term)
<fafhrd> does the listing in that pastie seem right? 2 rc.wmii's, 2
wmii's, and 1 wmiir read /events?
<fafhrd> I run Mod-a -> rc.wmii again
<fafhrd> now I see: http://pastie.caboo.se/130550
<fafhrd> same for rc.wmii and wmii, but now I have two wmiir read /events !
<fafhrd> something is b0rked, i do believe
<fafhrd> and just for sake of testing, running rc.wmii again reasults
with three wmiirr read /events
<fafhrd> so, what happens when extraneous wmiir are running? do they fight?
<fafhrd> BUG: Mod-a -> rc.wmii causes a new wmiir read /events to be
launched, and the old one doesn't die

First Pastie:

klesh ~ # ps ax |grep wm
 9263 ? S 0:00 wmii
 9265 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/lib/plan9/bin/rc /etc/wmii-3.5/rc.wmii
 9270 ? Ss 0:00 wmii
 9387 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/plan9/bin/rc /etc/wmii-3.5/rc.wmii
 9440 ? S 0:00 wmiir read /event
10162 pts/0 S+ 0:00 grep --colour=auto wm

Second Pastie:

 # ps ax |grep wm
 9263 ? S 0:00 wmii
 9270 ? Ss 0:00 wmii
 9440 ? S 0:00 wmiir read /event
12658 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/plan9/bin/rc /etc/wmii-3.5/rc.wmii
12782 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/plan9/bin/rc /etc/wmii-3.5/rc.wmii
12838 ? S 0:00 wmiir read /event
Received on Wed Dec 19 2007 - 21:55:12 UTC