Re: xterm in infinite loop/Xquartz 2.3.5
Re: xterm in infinite loop/Xquartz 2.3.5
- Subject: Re: xterm in infinite loop/Xquartz 2.3.5
- From: Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:59:35 -0700
Can you give 2.5.1_beta1 a try. That has some fixes for input event handling in quartz-wm (but that's a long shot).
I'm not sure what would cause this... Did you sample xterm?
On Apr 11, 2010, at 17:30, Brian H. Toby wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I support a cross-platform app that runs legacy "console" programs in a xterm. I have found that upon upgrading to 10.6.3 (and getting XQuartz 2.3.5) I have problems with xterm entering into an infinite loop.
>
> The specifics are:
>
> * I am launching xterm using a "exec xterm" command from inside an older Tcl/Tk/BLT dqkit (compiled for G4)
> * xterm launches fine and programs run inside the xterm fine
> * one cannot close the xterm window using the red X in the app frame
> * exiting the shell causes the xterm to consume nearly 100% of one CPU. I have found no way to
> end the app short of a kill -9
> * the problem has been reported as well by one of my users.
>
> I was not able to duplicate the problem with a newer tcl/tk shell.
>
> I want to see if anyone has any experience with this. Even better would be a quick & easy fix. Telling users they need to upgrade XQuartz is probably not an option for most. Building a new dqkit is probably in my future, but not the ideal.
>
> Brian
>
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