Re: that damn debian xlibs/openbox bug!
On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 10:14:01PM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 10:58:01AM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 04:06:44AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > > On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 12:05:29PM +0100, Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Starting with version 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 of debian xlibs, openbox overlay
> > > > panels are broken: switching desktops of alt-tab'ing keeps the transient
> > > > panel focused and in the forground until ENTER is pressed.
> > >
> > > Sounds like the same problem that afflicts sawfish. It may be that openbox
> > > is buggy.
> >
> > Openbox 3 did break at dfsg-5... it was the Debian keymapping buglet.
> >
> > > > Is someone aware of the situation? Is there a workaround for that bug?
> > > > Should I re-open it in the BTS?
> > >
> > > See if you don't feel a bug report against openbox is warranted after
> > > reviewing the above.
> >
> > It's not present in -10. Whichever Debian package did the reorganization
> > of keymaps and related behavior fixed it. I would suggest that the user
> > has a local problem.
> >
> > From my XF86Config-4:
> >
> > Section "InputDevice"
> > Identifier "LiteON SK-6000 Keyboard"
> > Driver "keyboard"
> > Option "CoreKeyboard"
> > Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
> > Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
> > Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> > Option "XkbOptions" "altwin:meta_win"
> > EndSection
>
> It works for you because of your setting XkbOptions, but openbox does
> not work well with XKB fake keys and needs to be fixed. I sent a patch
> today about #272214, please test it if you are using openbox.
That patch works great for me, thanks for making it.
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