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Bug 214224 - x11-wm/wmii fails to launch x11-misc/dmenu
Summary: x11-wm/wmii fails to launch x11-misc/dmenu
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: David Shakaryan (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2008-03-22 05:46 UTC by Casey Carter
Modified: 2008-04-24 08:08 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Attachments
Patch to remove the -b option from dmenu invocation in rc.wmii (rc.wmii.diff,323 bytes, patch)
2008-03-22 05:49 UTC, Casey Carter
Details | Diff
Patch to remove the -b option from dmenu invocation in wmiirc (wmiirc.diff,478 bytes, patch)
2008-03-22 05:50 UTC, Casey Carter
Details | Diff

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Description Casey Carter 2008-03-22 05:46:22 UTC
After upgrading dmenu from version 3.4 to 3.5, wmii no longer launches it when you press control-P. This is because wmii's config files in /etc/wmii-3.5/{rc.wmii,wmiirc} call dmenu with a "-b" option that no longer exists.

Removing the -b option from the lines that reference dmenu solves the problem.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start wmii as your window manager.
2. Install dmenu.
3. Press control-P to start a program.
4. Notice how no menu appears at the top of the screen.

Actual Results:  
Nothing.

Expected Results:  
A program selection menu should have appeared at the top of the screen.
Comment 1 Casey Carter 2008-03-22 05:49:40 UTC
Created attachment 146836 [details, diff]
Patch to remove the -b option from dmenu invocation in rc.wmii
Comment 2 Casey Carter 2008-03-22 05:50:24 UTC
Created attachment 146837 [details, diff]
Patch to remove the -b option from dmenu invocation in wmiirc
Comment 3 Kenneth Prugh (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-04-05 18:15:54 UTC
I can confirm this, and this also affects dmenu 3.6.

Removing the -b option and replacing it with -y '-0' in wmiirc will establish the old behavior from 3.4.
Comment 4 David Shakaryan (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-04-24 08:08:46 UTC
I added a quick sed operation which should fix this; I went ahead and bumped the revision to -r2. Thanks and sorry for the delay.