Re: [STUMP] stumpwm goes into an infinite loop

[Raffael Mancini]

On Thu, 2009-03-12 at 11:37 -0400, Phil! Gold wrote:
> ...or, at least, that's what I assume is happening.
> 
> Every so often, stumpwm will stop responding to its attention key
> combination, the mode line will cease updating, and top will show the
> stumpwm-running sbcl process using all the available CPU.  Mouse clicks
> will not register in any application, although keyboard events will go to
> whichever application was focused at the time the problem occurred.  My
> guess, based on the symptoms, is that stumpwm is getting into an infinite
> loop somehow.  I'd like to figure out how that's happening.  (I suspect
> the root cause is either something to do with my mode line setup or
> something firefox is doing; aside from running xterms, those are the only
> real commonalities among the various computers.)
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 

It could be that old problem with special characters driving the mode
line nuts. I've had that with firefox a lot, allthough I thought it was
fixed by now. Do you have the latest git stumpwm?

Greetings,
Raffael