[xmonad] 0.8 to 0.9.2 problems with xmonad.hs - a real mess - debug help needed please - system is freezing after a while

[yvonne barrymore]

Exceptionally memorable kindness Wirt. My greatest thanks for your
time and skill.

I will enjoy comparing the edits, and yes, I do think my not very
working dzen.sh script, and perhaps having xmonad.hs and .xinitrc
looking for dzen2 at the same time is why, after a time I get the
freeze. I really love xmonad and the help I have received here is very
motivating.

I look forward to a greater understanding now that I have recently
confirmed xmonad to be best for me to invest time in.

Best wishes to everyone!

I certainly expect that I will be asking as good a question as
possible in the future.

Also: I now, for the first time, understand how to reply to the list I believe.
 Thank you for the tips which gives me additional confirmation to what
I discovered after my last reply.

I am to be sure to have xmonad at haskell.org as at least one of the
reply email addresses, and I should obviously leave the subject as it
is. Then I believe it will append to the original thread. That's all
not that obvious, at least from my experiences. I would think it's
explained though I did not find it.


:
>> Fresh install yesterday of up-to-date xmonad and xmonad-contrib ARCH
>> linux. All up to date with all necessary dependencies.
>>
>> The freeze starts with not being able to change windows. M+1 M+2 etc.
>> And/or worse, having no ability to being up term to reboot. This is
>> only vaguely what happens, I'm sorry to say. I have thought that it is
>> my calls to script from in one of the xmonad.hs I posted. And of
>> course there is the line in my .xinitrc that calls stalonetray and
>> dzen2.
>
> I notice you are writing xmonad information to dzen in your logHook.
> If that dzen has gotten killed or is not running for some other reason
> then eventually the pipe will fill up and block xmonad. That sounds like
> it may be what is happening to cause your freezes. Comment out your
> logHook until you get the dzen that displays the xmonad logHook info
> working correctly.
>
> For more info see the section about statusBars and freezes on:
>
> http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Frequently_asked_questions
>
>> Really I would first love to know what it is about both my xmonad.hs
>> files I posted that are not 0.9.2 ready. If that is possible. I know
>> there are elements that need to be changed or removed.  I am unable to
>> do this from reading manpages at this point.
>>
>> Then, with good enough xmonad.hs files I can try things as I have many
>> area to experiment with though first I believe I should know the
>> xmonad.hs files to be good for 0.9.2. Or can you say this should not
>> matter?
>
> Attached are versions of your configs that look to me like they should
> work with 0.8, 0.9, or with darcs xmonad and xmonad contrib, although
> I didn't test them out beyond ensuring they would compile and looking
> for obvious problems. Hopefully that will give you a better place to
> work from in getting xmonad configured how you want it.
>
> The revised configs are also viewable on:
> http://hpaste.org/fastcgi/hpaste.fcgi/view?id=13507
> http://hpaste.org/fastcgi/hpaste.fcgi/view?id=13508
>
>> P.S. when I receive a reply, and wish to reply to it, do I change the
>> address to <xmonad at haskell.org>,  again? And then, will the system
>> know to add my reply to thread due to subject?
>
> Typically if xmonad at haskell.org is in To: or in CC: it gets handled
> correctly.
>
> Please let us know how it goes.
>
> regards,
> --
> wmw
>