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When fvwm2 is used as the desktop, a menu item "Lock Screen / Screen Saver" is created. This menu item pops up a form using the FvwmForm command. The form is generated (in part) by calling xlock and filtering the output through awk. The problem is the the FvwmForm component of fvwm2 has a hard-coded limit on the number of items a single form may have. The latest xlock (xlockmore-4.13-2) has so many modes that the resulting form is too big for FvwmForm (as compiled in fvwm2-2.2-5) to handle, and the dialog doesn't pop up. If possible, please recompile fvwm2 so that the hard-coded limit in FvwnForm is large enough to accomodate the form generated for xlock. If that is not possible, then perhaps you can redesign that menu item in a way that will be compatible. Thanks in advance. -- David
I was able to work-around this bug by modifying the /etc/X11/AnotherLevel/fvwm2.xlock.m4 script. Below is my modified version: divert(-1) # AnotherLevel - A FVWM2 Configuration # Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 Red Hat Software, Inc # # $Id: fvwm2rc.xlock.m4,v 1.1 1998/04/22 04:22:33 gafton Exp $ # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. # # This work is derived from: # TheNextLevel # Copyright 1996 By Greg J. Badros <gjb@cs.duke.edu> # distributed under GNU General Public License. # divert TraceForErrors(`Xlock/Screensaver menus part 1...') define(`AddXLock1Option',`*XLock1Choice Option $1 off "capitalize($1)"') *XLock1WarpPointer *XLock1Font MEDIUM_FONT *XLock1ButtonFont BASIC_FONT-bold-r-*-120-* *XLock1InputFont MEDIUM_FONT *XLock1Fore WINFORE_COLOR *XLock1Back MENUBACK_COLOR *XLock1ItemFore WINFORE_COLOR *XLock1ItemBack WINBACK_COLOR *XLock1Line center *XLock1Text "Available Xlock modes" *XLock1Selection Option single esyscmd(`xlock -help 2>&1 | awk "BEGIN{item = 0} \ /^$/ {next} \ /one of:/ {ok=1; next} \ /^[ \t]*[a-m]/ && ok==1 \ { \ if (/random/) { next }; \ if (item == 0) { print \"*XLock1Line expand\" }; \ printf(\"AddXLock1Option(%-10s)\\n\", \$1) ; \ item = (item+1)%5 ; \ }"') # We add the random thing separately, to be sure that we have at least one # selected option *XLock1Choice Option random on "Random " *XLock1Line expand *XLock1Line expand *XLock1Line expand *XLock1Button quit "Screen Saver" *XLock1Command Exec xlock -nice NICELEVEL -erasemode no_fade -mode $(Option) -nolock # somebody is gonna hate me for this one... :-) *XLock1Button quit "Background" *XLock1Command Exec xlock -nice NICELEVEL -erasemode no_fade -mode $(Option) -nolock -inroot *XLock1Button quit "Lock Screen" *XLock1Command Exec xlock -nice NICELEVEL -erasemode no_fade -mode $(Option) *XLock1Button quit "Cancel" ^[ *XLock1Command Nop ###################################################################### ######## TraceForErrors(`Xlock/Screensaver menus part 2...') define(`AddXLock2Option',`*XLock2Choice Option $1 off "capitalize($1)"') *XLock2WarpPointer *XLock2Font MEDIUM_FONT *XLock2ButtonFont BASIC_FONT-bold-r-*-120-* *XLock2InputFont MEDIUM_FONT *XLock2Fore WINFORE_COLOR *XLock2Back MENUBACK_COLOR *XLock2ItemFore WINFORE_COLOR *XLock2ItemBack WINBACK_COLOR *XLock2Line center *XLock2Text "Available Xlock modes" *XLock2Selection Option single esyscmd(`xlock -help 2>&1 | awk "BEGIN{item = 0} \ /^$/ {next} \ /one of:/ {ok=1; next} \ /^[ \t]*[n-z]/ && ok==1 \ { \ if (/random/) { next }; \ if (item == 0) { print \"*XLock2Line expand\" }; \ printf(\"AddXLock2Option(%-10s)\\n\", \$1) ; \ item = (item+1)%5 ; \ }"') # We add the random thing separately, to be sure that we have at least one # selected option *XLock2Choice Option random on "Random " *XLock2Line expand *XLock2Line expand *XLock2Line expand *XLock2Button quit "Screen Saver" *XLock2Command Exec xlock -nice NICELEVEL -erasemode no_fade -mode $(Option) -nolock # somebody is gonna hate me for this one... :-) *XLock2Button quit "Background" *XLock2Command Exec xlock -nice NICELEVEL -erasemode no_fade -mode $(Option) -nolock -inroot *XLock2Button quit "Lock Screen" *XLock2Command Exec xlock -nice NICELEVEL -erasemode no_fade -mode $(Option) *XLock2Button quit "Cancel" ^[ *XLock2Command Nop ###################################################################### ######## AddToMenu StartMenu + "Lock Screen / Screen Saver (first half) MiniTitleIcon(lock)" FvwmForm XLock1 + "Lock Screen / Screen Saver (second half) MiniTitleIcon(lock)" FvwmForm XLock2 + "" Nop
thanks for the modified script. fixed for the next release.