On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 23:55:32 -0500, Tim Lee wrote:

> Hello,
> Running gnome-theme-manager from the menu or from a terminal, it does not 
> show up and it 'locks up' mouse-clicking in apps. I can still move the mouse 
> around and cycle through windows and workspaces. I can also still type in a 
> window, if I can cycle to it. I just can't click on anything. I tracked the 
> problem to something with FAM. Restarting FAM by doing 'service fam restart' 
> or killing the FAM process, both as root, will 'unlock' the gnome/gtk apps, 
> send any mouse clicks made during the 'lockup', and subsequently show the 
> gnome-theme-manager window. However, I don't the exact cause of the 'lockup' 
> or how FAM is involved.

If you don't tell us which version of gnome-control-center you have, it
will be hard to debug..

> 
> I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced any of this.
> 
> Also during the 'lockup', I can't kill the FAM process as my normal user 
> even though the FAM process seems to be running under my normal user. I get 
> an 'Operation not permitted' error.

FAM is a root daemon.

-- 
Frederic Crozat
MandrakeSoft


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