Comments on: Squib of the day: quit timeout http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2009/03/28/squib-of-the-day-quit-timeout/ "Many window managers are like Marshmallow Froot Loops; Metacity is like Cheerios." Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:22:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Robin http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2009/03/28/squib-of-the-day-quit-timeout/comment-page-1/#comment-950 Robin Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:34:46 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/?p=554#comment-950 I see it a bit with big programs if the computer is busy: firefox, eclipse and open office mostly. But, it does let you wait. I don't think it's too bad as it is. 2.25 is something of an odd number though :) What is more annoying, although probably not reasonably able to be controlled by the WM, is when you click 'close' and the program doesn't because it's stuck in a way that leaves the GUI loop active, so you don't get the option of closing it without a command line kill or xkill. I guess what is happening there is that it's acknowledging the close but not actually closing because it's waiting on the stuck thread to finish. Fortunately this is fairly rare. I see it a bit with big programs if the computer is busy: firefox, eclipse and open office mostly. But, it does let you wait. I don’t think it’s too bad as it is. 2.25 is something of an odd number though :)

What is more annoying, although probably not reasonably able to be controlled by the WM, is when you click ‘close’ and the program doesn’t because it’s stuck in a way that leaves the GUI loop active, so you don’t get the option of closing it without a command line kill or xkill. I guess what is happening there is that it’s acknowledging the close but not actually closing because it’s waiting on the stuck thread to finish. Fortunately this is fairly rare.

]]> By: engla http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2009/03/28/squib-of-the-day-quit-timeout/comment-page-1/#comment-949 engla Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:34:19 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/?p=554#comment-949 well even nautilus triggers this often on my computer, a very slow old one. And Epiphany as well, but it deserves to be force quit anyway since it can't quit itself properly. well even nautilus triggers this often on my computer, a very slow old one. And Epiphany as well, but it deserves to be force quit anyway since it can’t quit itself properly.

]]> By: Simon http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2009/03/28/squib-of-the-day-quit-timeout/comment-page-1/#comment-948 Simon Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:49:33 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/?p=554#comment-948 The only program I recall seeing this message from is Firefox, where it happens quite frequently. No idea why, but closing FF always seems to take a few seconds, so it's often over that 2.25 second threshold. The only program I recall seeing this message from is Firefox, where it happens quite frequently. No idea why, but closing FF always seems to take a few seconds, so it’s often over that 2.25 second threshold.

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