Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 08:29:42 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.org>, babkin@users.sf.net Subject: Re: Re: Programs not accepting input? Message-ID: <20060722225942.GA16230@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20060721143024.W79560@fledge.watson.org> References: <18075337.124391153395068232.JavaMail.root@vms068.mailsrvcs.net> <20060721031308.GK27268@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20060721143024.W79560@fledge.watson.org>
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--dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Friday, 21 July 2006 at 14:32:04 +0100, Robert Watson wrote: > > On Fri, 21 Jul 2006, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > >>>> 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. >> >> In my case, it's erratic. I suppose I could try restarting the window >> manager next time a window freezes. > > I've occasionally also had weird focus problems with KDE. Among other > things, it looks like occasionally the mouse release event is lost > somewhere in the system (or something along these lines) -- I don't know if > it's a driver problem, a moused problem, an X11 probem, or a KDE problem. > If I press and release each of the buttons, especially the third button, > things will often recover. As long as the button is "held down", KDE > doesn't switch the focus and other events are largely ignored. Odd, eh? Indeed. Initially it doesn't look like my problems, where things hang up permanently. I've now tried the suggestion I made above, restarting the window manager. It didn't make any difference.e Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEwq3eIubykFB6QiMRAkLqAKCUb7CjFoKyEOgD2EVEB0l1QQPt9QCeKGt/ hsOiHwvPvdvaBPZVClfGR8Q= =djHe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx--
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