Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:31:08 -0500 (CDT) From: Sergey Babkin <babkin@verizon.net> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Re: Programs not accepting input? Message-ID: <18075337.124391153395068232.JavaMail.root@vms068.mailsrvcs.net>
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>From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> >To resurrect a fairly old thread... > >On Mon, 2006-Mar-27 11:23:42 +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >>On Sunday, 26 March 2006 at 19:17:19 +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote: >>> My work system runs separate X servers on two heads (rather than >>> ximerama) and I have problems with windows occasionally refusing to >>> accept focus after I move the pointer from screen to screen (though >>> I can get an alternative window to accept focus and then switch back >>> to the window I originally wanted). This started after an X.org >>> upgrade but I'm not sure which one. >> >>Interesting. I've seen this one too: my mail window is at the left of >>the right-hand monitor on wantadilla (:0.1). Frequently when I move >>from :0.0 to 0:1, the window manager will highlight the window on >>:0.1, but focus remains with some window on :0.0. If I move further >>right and then back again, focus catches up with the correct window. > >I've been keeping a closer eye on my problem. I'm using fvwm1 with >click-to-focus and lose-focus-on-screen-switch. If I move from one >screen to another and quickly click on a window, the border changes >colour to indicate that it has focus but keyboard input is ignored. This is likely an fvwm1 problem. I use it too (without 2 monitors) and after some time something gets broken in its focus handling, and the windows stop getting focus. Restarting fvwm clears up the problem. >>That's mainly irritating; the problem I describe above is annoying. > >Did you get anywhere in debugging it? BTW, I've promised Greg a script to dump the X protocol from binary log, then I was busy and and forgot about it. Is there still any interest in this tool? -SB
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