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Date:      Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:17:47 +0930
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" /T <grog@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, babkin@users.sourceforge.net, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@freebsd.org>, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Programs not accepting input?
Message-ID:  <200607242117.49685.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <20060722230330.GB16230@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On Sunday 23 July 2006 08:33, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> > One thing that IS a KDE problem is having it manage 2 distinct desktops
> > (ie :0.0 [laptop LCD] and :0.1 [TV out]) - it occasionally decides to
> > give the other display focus after a dialog has been closed..
>
> Are you sure?  This sounds like the issue that Peter and I have been
> discussing in the context of fvwm.

It seems to only happen when a dialog box closes.
I can tell focus moves to the other display because I tested it when I had a 
TV connected by pressing ctrl-esc (which pops up the 'K' menu) and the menu 
showed up on the TV not the LCD (where focus should have been)

> Which reminds me of the reason for click focus in the first place: on
> the machines of 15 years ago, focus following the cursor could place
> an unacceptable load on the X server.  Maybe what we're seeing here is
> related.

Hmm could be.. Bit hard to tell for sure where the problem lies with so many 
interacting pieces :(

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