Public bug reported: When using awful.util.spawn() in ~/.config/awesome/rc.lua to automatically start programs on login, awesome crashes and sends the user back to the login manager. In 12.10, with awesome 3.4.13-1, awful.util.spawn() worked fine. Also, when using awful.util.spawn_with_shell() in 13.04, the problem does not appear. I was able to consitently reproduce this behaviour on multiple machines.
The following error is logged in ~/.xsession-errors: X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) Major opcode of failed request: 12 (X_ConfigureWindow) Resource id in failed request: 0x0 Serial number of failed request: 951 Current serial number in output stream: 957 ----- Ubuntu 13.04 (fresh install) awesome 3.4.14-1 ** Affects: awesome (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1176862 Title: awesome crashes when using awful.util.spawn() on startup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/awesome/+bug/1176862/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs