[7886] in Athena Bugs
console errors wrt bitmaps
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (yandros@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Aug 6 20:02:15 1991
From: yandros@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 91 20:02:32 -0400
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Reply-To: yandros@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
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System name: m11-113-8
Type and version: RTPC-ROMPC 7.2R
Display type: megapel
Window Manager: vtwm.gamma
What were you trying to do?
set up console to use the bitmap
~yandros/Graphics/Bitmaps/sevenc.xbm
on login
What's wrong:
I get this:
console: error reading bitmap
/mit/yandros/Graphics/Bitmaps/sevenc.xbm
Both xsetroot and showbitmap (in consult) can display this
bitmap.
I have noticed this behavior on all platforms.
Also, after said warnings, iconifying the console results
in an empty icon window, of about the correct size (which is
close enough to the default size that I can't delineate
between the two), that unmaps itself immediately after mapping
itself. THis could be bad for novice users who regularly
iconify the console, but don't know about show_console.
(probably a small number, since they'd need to know about
config_console in the first place. Ah, well, it's *possible*)
What should have happened:
Any of:
1. The console shouldn't give an error, and it should use the bitmap.
2. The console should use it's own icon if the user-spec'd one dies.
3. The console should output a more usefull message.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
Hmm... I couldn't find info on setting the console icon in
either console(8) or config_console(1). Is this unsupported behavior?
