Re: Klipper hangs
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004, David Martínez Moreno wrote:
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> El Domingo, 11 de Julio de 2004 09:28, Tomas Pospisek's Mailing Lists
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> > On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, Steve Corwin wrote:
> > > When I try to pop up klipper it hangs. Not only that, but if I invoke
> > > it with a keystroke it blocks all keyboard input until I use the mouse
> > > to start a process manager and kill it. If I use the mouse to invoke it
> > > then all mouse input is blocked and most keyboard input too, but I can
> > > get to a different virtual console and kill it from there.
> > >
> > > This is happening on two different machines, both updated to KDE 3.2.2
> > > and both running sarge (testing). The only bug I found that seems
> > > relevant is 83659, "Prevent empty clipboard" option makes klipper hang.
> > > However I turned that option off and klipper still hangs.
> > >
> > > Has anybody else seen this?
> >
> > Yes, Klipper is behaving quite strangely here as well - sometimes when I
> > click on it it will sometimes block the mouse for an unforseable time. I
> > usualy press CTRL-ALT and the mouse is miraculously released.
>
> Hello, Tomas. The fix for the stuck menus is not Ctrl-Alt, it is only Alt. I
> have completely isolated. And it is *irritating*. A lot.
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> I have a lot of these problems with Klipper and the main menu, and I remember
> a couple with OO.org, and another couple with Firefox.
>
> I do not know if the last Alt-Tab fix in XFree4.3 (version 4.3.0.dfsg1-6)
> will fix this:
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> * Grab from XFree86 CVS (2003-08-22) a fix for the problem some window
> managers have seeing Alt key release events (commonly known as the
> "Alt-Tab problem"). (Closes: #254973)
I've upgraded and I'll report back whether I'm still seeing the problem.
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