Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:43:08 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: babkin@users.sf.net Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Re: Programs not accepting input? Message-ID: <20060721031308.GK27268@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <18075337.124391153395068232.JavaMail.root@vms068.mailsrvcs.net> References: <18075337.124391153395068232.JavaMail.root@vms068.mailsrvcs.net>
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--8kI7hWEHMS8Z+7/0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday, 20 July 2006 at 6:31:08 -0500, Sergey Babkin wrote: >> 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. In my case, it's erratic. I suppose I could try restarting the window manager next time a window freezes. >>> 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? I'd certainly be interested. It would still be a challenge to catch the event that causes the freeze, though. Are you thinking of anything that ethereal can't do? Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --8kI7hWEHMS8Z+7/0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEwEZEIubykFB6QiMRAvu/AJwIg122ZlNwY8iGkyJq6bLZQmIRfACfUiVd Sj4O+aSaNl8yVFyBSuXQeRk= =zLBb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8kI7hWEHMS8Z+7/0--
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