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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Weird bug using ntpdate & fvwm
Date: 15 Jun 1996 18:26:37 GMT
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rone@ennui.ops.best.com (Ron Echeverri) wrote:

> When i type "ntpdate ntp.best.net" in my xterm -e su, it completes
> successfully, but when i move to another virtual desktop, the focus
> remains on my root xterm instead of moving around.  I can't seem to
> shake it unless i return to the root xterm and clear the screen (at
> least, it worked this time).  Has anyone else seen this one?

Yep, fvwm chokes if the time jumps too far off.

You can restart fvwm with the mouse to work around this.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
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