Generated submenu causes Window Maker to crash

[Ian Finley]

Ubuntu 12.10
wmaker 0.95.3-2ubuntu1

Window Maker has the ability to embed submenus generated by external programs into it's menu system. The version included with Quantal has a bug which causes this to always crash with the following message:

/usr/lib/WindowMaker/wmaker(MonitorLoop(monitor.c:134)): warning: Window Maker exited due to a crash (signal 11) and will be restarted.

This was a known issue with Window Maker. It was patched and reverted. Patch is provided here:

http://lists.windowmaker.org/dev/msg03543.html

The thread discussing this starts here:

http://lists.windowmaker.org/dev/msg03531.html

This patch should be added to ubuntu as this functionality is now completely lost.

[Rodolfo García Peñas (kix) (kix-i)]

On 2012-11-16 10:44, Ian Finley wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Ubuntu 12.10
> wmaker 0.95.3-2ubuntu1
>
> Window Maker has the ability to embed submenus generated by external
> programs into it's menu system. The version included with Quantal has
> a
> bug which causes this to always crash with the following message:
>
> /usr/lib/WindowMaker/wmaker(MonitorLoop(monitor.c:134)): warning:
> Window
> Maker exited due to a crash (signal 11) and will be restarted.
>
> This was a known issue with Window Maker. It was patched and
> reverted.
> Patch is provided here:
>
> http://lists.windowmaker.org/dev/msg03543.html
>
> The thread discussing this starts here:
>
> http://lists.windowmaker.org/dev/msg03531.html
>
> This patch should be added to ubuntu as this functionality is now
> completely lost.
>
> ** Affects: wmaker (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
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>
> Title:
> Generated submenu causes Window Maker to crash
>
> Status in “wmaker” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Ubuntu 12.10
> wmaker 0.95.3-2ubuntu1
>
> Window Maker has the ability to embed submenus generated by
> external
> programs into it's menu system. The version included with Quantal
> has
> a bug which causes this to always crash with the following message:
>
> /usr/lib/WindowMaker/wmaker(MonitorLoop(monitor.c:134)): warning:
> Window Maker exited due to a crash (signal 11) and will be
> restarted.
>
> This was a known issue with Window Maker. It was patched and
> reverted.
> Patch is provided here:
>
> http://lists.windowmaker.org/dev/msg03543.html
>
> The thread discussing this starts here:
>
> http://lists.windowmaker.org/dev/msg03531.html
>
> This patch should be added to ubuntu as this functionality is now
> completely lost.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wmaker/+bug/1079599/+subscriptions

Hi.

Patch was provided and uploaded to the git.

In a few days, the wmaker-dev team will release a new version (0.95.4).
The team is resolving bugs now.

Cheers,
kix
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[Ian Finley (ubuntubug-c)]

It's been several weeks and the Ubuntu wmaker package has not yet been updated, even though a bug fix for this was submitted... is this still being worked on?

[Doug Torrance (profzoom)]

Window Maker 0.95.4 hasn't been released yet. I imagine kix will package it for Debian when it is released, and it will eventually find its way into Ubuntu. In the meantime, I have a relatively recent version of Window Maker from git in my PPA:

https://launchpad.net/~profzoom/+archive/wmaker

[Doug Torrance (profzoom)]

This bug was fixed in Window Maker 0.95.4, which appeared in saucy.