Re: Xterm problem.
On 16 mai 2003, gs234@cam.ac.uk wrote:
> I have had a rather puzzling thing happen to me. I frequently
> control-right-click on xterms so that I can change the font size and
> so forth.
>
> However, suddenly I can no longer do this. I just get a beep,
> rather than a menu. Control-{left,middle}-click do not produce the
> expected results either.
Well, the plot thickens. If I start xterm with the -vb argument, then
the I get a flashing xterm rather than an audible beep. This tells me
that the problem is that xterm does not want to show the menu (for
whatever reason) rather than Sawfish etc. eating the click before it
gets there.
> I'm using Sawfish and the Gnome 2.2 backport for Woody.
>
> I find that if I choose new login from the gnome menu (i.e. start
> another gnome session on another vt) everything works as exptected
> on the new display. I have had this happen to me once or twice in
> the past and the problem always went away when I logged out and then
> back in again. This time I would like to get to the bottom of the
> problem, though...
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