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
