On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 06:12:58PM -0500, Andrew Pimlott wrote:
> I have a problem that I can't reproduce, but it's driving me crazy,
> so I post in hopes that someone can offer a hint.
>
> I use SloppyFocus, and on one computer I occasionally (perhaps once
> a day) find that the mouse is in a window, but that window doesn't
> have focus. Sometimes (I think), the focus remains flaky for a few
> more window transitions (ie, as I wave the pointer around in
> frustration, trying to regain control of focus), and then returns to
> normal. Sometimes the failure happens after mouse movement into the
> new window, sometimes after switching pages in the virtual desktop
> (via keyboard shortcut) such that the mouse lands in a new window.
> The problem happens very infrequently, so my recollections of the
> occurances are fuzzy (and above details may be mistaken). I have
> never reproduced the problem intentionally. Has anyone else seen
> it?
>
> This seems only to happen on one computer (I have used the same
> setup on two others for years, and I don't recall ever seeing it
> there). I am using roughly, but not exactly, the same software
> versions on all three (the problem machine is running Debian
> "testing" as of a few weeks ago, the others Debian "stable"; exact
> software versions below). The other difference is that this machine
> has small personal hacks to the mouse handling in XFree86 and gpm,
> which I highly doubt could cause this, but would like to rule out
> (because I intend to submit them to the maintainers). I will try to
> reproduce the problem without my hacks next time I start X.
It's a well known problem (at least to me), but you can't do much
about it except upgrading to the latest beta version. The best
way to reproduce - as far as I remember - is to switch pages and
then move the mouse before switching is completed. The focus
code has been cleaned up in the betas, so this should not happen
anymore. The frequency at which the problem occurs is mainly
related to the speed of the X server. The slower the server, the
higher the chance to see this.
Bye
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Received on Wed Feb 14 2001 - 05:24:14 GMT