Re: [wmii] libixp/fs.c: wstat?

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 03:23:04AM +0100, Michael Stapelberg wrote:
>However, I've noticed three problems:
>1) libixp does not check whether wstat is actually provided by the server. The
> attached pull request fixes it. I'm not so sure if this is done right, but at
> most there is no less segfault when trying to write "toggle fullscreen" to
> /client/sel/ctl (I know, it should be "Fullscreen toggle", but use it as a
> test case).

You're right, libixp should certainly not try to call methods
that aren't implemented. But, you haven't attached a pull request.

>2) wmii does not implement wstat, ergo writing to meta files (/ctl) does not
> work on my thin client (while writing to /rbar works), because echo cannot
> truncate the file.

It really should implement wstat, but it just cheats and
truncates on writes.

>3) When writing "Fullscreen toggle" to /client/sel/ctl, something (probably
> 9pfs) produces a hard-lockup (sound freezes, Wayland freezes, nothing possible
> no less, just reboot). This may be related to 2). I'm not sure how to
> further debug this.

I don't know how wmii could cause this. It could certainly
freeze Wayland, and so probably any badly written audio player
(e.g., xmms), but certainly not lock up your thin client. Can you
ssh in? Are you using 9pfs? That *could* certainly lock up your
thin client, but it shouldn't.

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