Internal error in select()

[Josephine]

hello

i am using smartmenu 0.1.1 on suse 9.1. compiling and installing work flawless and i configured /etc/smartmenu; still, when trying to run smartmenu i got this error:
Config: Skipping user specific config (/home/josephine/.smartmenu/config)
Smartmenu 0.1.1 - smart and easy way of remote menuing
Copyright 2002 David Kutalek, released under GPL

/home/josephine/.smartmenu/menu.xml: No such file or directory
Failed loading user specific menu, trying system wide menu...
Internal error in select()!

so..i created a directory .smartmenu and copyed there /etc/smartmenu and menu.xml from the "config" directory in smartmenu sources. afterwards, i get this error when trying to run smartmenu:

Smartmenu 0.1.1 - smart and easy way of remote menuing
Copyright 2002 David Kutalek, released under GPL

Internal error in select()!

any sugesstions?

thanks.

[Bbp]

I get the same error with Mandrake LE 2005.
"configure", "make" and "make install" work well. But, I gat that error when I try to execute "smartmenu"
...
Internal error in select()!
...
I think a package is need, maybe something in relation with XML.

Thanks for help

Bbp

[ludovic p]

Try to replace the following line in menu.cc, around line 170 :

retval = select(maxfd+1, &rfds, 0, 0, &tv);

with

retval = select(maxfd+1, &rfds, 0, 0, 0);

Then make clean && make...

[anrxc]

> Try to replace the following line in menu.cc, around line > 170 :  ....
>

It works, tnx for the tip.