From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 20 11:31:14 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B4FB16A501; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:31:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from babkin@verizon.net) Received: from vms048pub.verizon.net (vms048pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.48]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4EF543D5E; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:31:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from babkin@verizon.net) Received: from vms068.mailsrvcs.net ([192.168.1.1]) by vms048.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-4.02 (built Sep 9 2005)) with ESMTPA id <0J2P00GKW9BWXTH5@vms048.mailsrvcs.net>; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:31:08 -0500 (CDT) Received: from 198.190.8.100 ([198.190.8.100]) by vms068.mailsrvcs.net (Verizon Webmail) with HTTP; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:31:08 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:31:08 -0500 (CDT) From: Sergey Babkin X-Originating-IP: [198.190.8.100] To: Peter Jeremy , Greg 'groggy' Lehey Message-id: <18075337.124391153395068232.JavaMail.root@vms068.mailsrvcs.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:12:31 +0000 Cc: FreeBSD Hackers Subject: Re: Re: Programs not accepting input? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: babkin@users.sf.net List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:31:14 -0000 >From: Peter Jeremy >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