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#1 2014-03-13 21:35:02
- mark2048
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Awesome WM freezes because of network
I run awesome wm 3.5.2 as window manager and the latest version of archlinux.
I already had this configuration on 3 different machnies and encoutered the following problem.
When a network problem encouters: for example the cable is plugged off, or the connection is lost, or i make any changes to the network card (ex: route, bridge, etc.), the awesome window manager freezes.
I don't have any errors in my lua configuration files.
Did anybody have this problem like me ?
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#2 2014-03-13 23:05:34
- MrElg
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Re: Awesome WM freezes because of network
I use the same setup as you, but have never had any problems like the ones you mention. I've lost connection both with wireless network and wired network (cable unplugged), but nothing freezes. Does this problem occur in other WM/DE as well? Is it only the xsession with awesome that freezes? Can you use other TTYs during one freeze? Or do you have to restart the computer?
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#3 2014-03-13 23:49:56
- Stebalien
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Re: Awesome WM freezes because of network
Do you have any widgets etc. that access the internet? Awesome is single threaded so if one of your widgets tries to access the network, the entire window manager will block until the operation completes. This means that if your connection is down, the window manager will stall until the operation times out.
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#4 2014-03-15 19:03:52
- mark2048
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Re: Awesome WM freezes because of network
Yes, this was the reason. Thanks.
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