Re: FOX 1.6.36 and 1.7.19 Linux/X11 user-hostile bug

by Yves Colin :: Rate this Message:

Hi Hal,

I can't really help you (I'm not a fox guru... ;-)) but could it be that these bugs are similar to the one reported here?

http://www.nabble.com/FOX-based-app-can-block-entire-Xorg-td11315244.html

I couldn't try your method, I've currently no access to my linux machine.

One collegue has already had such a freeze problem (or more probably the one you described in your e-mail of today), so it really happens with "real-life" programs.

best regards,

Yves

> Date: 05/06/09 at 01h55
> From: "Hal Brand" <brand1@...>
> To: foxgui-users@...
> Object: [Foxgui-users] FOX 1.6.36 and 1.7.19 Linux/X11 user-hostile bug
>
> There is a nasty bug in FOX (1.6.36 and 1.7.16 and as best I can tell
> the whole 1.6.x. and 1.7.x series and maybe before) where, after a key
> press of a key that is mapped to an accelerator, FOX "grabs" the XServer
> and then ignores all mouse clicks and mouse motion if the window handles
> the SEL_KEYPRESS event. This leaves not only the FOX application hung,
> it leaves the whole desktop hung; completely unresponsive to all mouse
> movement and clicks! Needless to say, this leaves users beyond angry.
>
> The situation is recoverable - just repeat the key press. But this is a
> wholly non-obvious recovery step! Application users who encounter the
> bug often resort to reboots to clear the problem until informed of the
> work-around.
>
> [...]

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