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I have a frugal install on a SSD in an old laptop. Although it is 64bit, I run 32 bit Xenialpup and works well. In fossapup64, inserting the line in jwmrc-personal file, <Key mask="CS" key="m">move</Key>, allows me to move an active floating window with keyboard combo of Ctrl-Shift-m.

In 32bit Xenialpup and Tharpup, same line in the file causes it to crash the graphic environment and leave me with fullscreen prompt and to restart I have to enter xwin jwm. Changing the keycombo to Ctrl-Shift-v causes same behavior on a fresh install of XP.

I am assuming this is a bug, is there a workaround?

Very much doubt it's a "bug", Greg. More likely it's something the newer version of JWM will play nice with, and older versions won't.

Where did you get the "move" command from? I don't see it anywhere in the Fossa ISO, so I assume you installed this yourself?

Just because something works fine in one Puppy & doesn't in another, it doesn't pay to automatically assume it MUST be a "bug". Not everything works in every Puppy, y'know?

Doubtless others will get to the bottom of things for ya.....

Mike.

mikewalsh wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 2:58 pm

Very much doubt it's a "bug", Greg. More likely it's something the newer version of JWM will play nice with, and older versions won't.

Where did you get the "move" command from? I don't see it anywhere in the Fossa ISO, so I assume you installed this yourself?

Mike.

attached is the move in jwmrc-personal file, must be part of JWM commands, not a command I downloaded separately. With the same line in FP64, works very well.

mikewalsh wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 2:58 pm

Very much doubt it's a "bug", Greg. More likely it's something the newer version of JWM will play nice with, and older versions won't.

Mike.

Mike, thanks I installed jwm-2.3.7-xenial-i686.pet ( https://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/p ... es-upupbb/ ) and now the problem is resolved!

gychang wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 5:13 pm

Mike, thanks I installed jwm-2.3.7-xenial-i686.pet ( https://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/p ... es-upupbb/ ) and now the problem is resolved!

I wonder why you had to install it. Xenial 7.5 comes with JWM 2.3.7 preinstalled. I'm currently using Xenial for exactly this reason.

MochiMoppel wrote: Sun Jul 31, 2022 12:07 pm

gychang wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 5:13 pm

Mike, thanks I installed jwm-2.3.7-xenial-i686.pet ( https://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/p ... es-upupbb/ ) and now the problem is resolved!

I wonder why you had to install it. Xenial 7.5 comes with JWM 2.3.7 preinstalled. I'm currently using Xenial for exactly this reason.

You are right MM, the problem remains. It still crashes...

This is a bug (see https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic. ... 766#p10766). Originally on oldforum.
Note moving can be done by grabbing the taskbar & dragging.
v2.3.6 & earlier didn't have this problem, but had scrollwheel issues. v2.4.0 didn't have these problems.

gychang wrote: Sun Jul 31, 2022 12:11 pm

You are right MM, the problem remains. It still crashes...

My sincere condolences. The 'move' function works fine here. Maybe HW related?

MochiMoppel wrote: Sun Jul 31, 2022 1:23 pm

gychang wrote: Sun Jul 31, 2022 12:11 pm

You are right MM, the problem remains. It still crashes...

My sincere condolences. The 'move' function works fine here. Maybe HW related?

thanks for the feedback...