Re: FVWM: Weird move-window behavior on Digital Alpha

From: Dominik Vogt <dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 11:58:14 +0100

On Tue, Mar 23, 1999 at 09:04:55PM +0100, d93hb_at_efd.lth.se wrote:
> I have compiled and installed the fvwm2.2 on a Digital Alpha
> successfully, but I experience weird thing while using the WM.
>
> One problem is that when I try to move a window the window will
> (instantly) jump down about 200-300 pixels. The window can then only be
> moved in the *x*-direction, and then exactly the same amount as I move the
> mouse-pointer in the *y*-direction. The window wont move in
> the*y*-direction at all, except for the initial 200-300 pixel jump. The
> pointer's x-position is not used at all. Also, when I click any of the
> mouse buttons, the first pop-up menu is always displayed.
>
> To me it seems that the mouse-pointers x-position is overwritten by the
> y-position. Could this be because of a type casting error? I am rookie on
> X11 programming, but I think I have tracked some of the problems. For
> instance, the values of x_root & y_root in structure XMotionEvent seems to
> be really messed up. I found this problem in fvwm/move.c in methods
> moveLoop(), InteractiveMove() etc.

Strange. Could you give us the offending lines with some context and
line numbers? What exactly is messed up there?

Bye

Dominik

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Received on Wed Mar 24 1999 - 04:59:08 GMT

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