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List:       openbox
Subject:    [openbox] Java Applets Crash X
From:       rees () umich ! edu (Jim Rees)
Date:       2012-03-10 23:49:20
Message-ID: 20120310234920.GA25296 () umich ! edu
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Bastien Dejean wrote:

  Jim Rees:
  
  > Bastien Dejean wrote:
  > 
  >   Every Java powered applets I browse to crashes X.  I tested it in
  >   another WM (herbstluftwm), and it doesn't happen.
  > 
  > Then it's crashing the WM, not X.  The X server is exiting because the
  > WM exited.
  
  You're right, I missed that.
  
  > You didn't say what you're using for session management.
  
  Nothing: I run startx from ~/.bash_profile.

So after X exits, you should be back on the virtual console that you logged
in on, and there should be some kind of message.
  
  > I would also run it in gdb to see if I can get a traceback but that's
  > not easy if you don't already know how.  But maybe you do if you're
  > building from source.
  
  I managed to get an openbox executable with debugging symbols: but how
  do I launch openbox through gdb in ~/.xinitrc ?

Easiest way, if it isn't a startup crash, is to attach to it after it's
running.

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