Bug#814902: xserver-xorg-core: clicks on the root window are not always reported
Control: reassign -1 unclutter 8-20
Control: retitle -1 unclutter: clicks are not reported for some apps when the mouse pointer is not visible
On 2016-02-19 13:37:53 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2016-02-16 12:38:15 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > Clicks on the root window are not always reported. I think I've had
> > this problem for a few weeks (or months?). At least two Debian/sid
> > machines are concerned (so, this is not a hardware issue).
> >
> > More precisely, with my window manager (fvwm), a click opens a menu,
> > and the problem is that the click does nothing. If I try again, it
> > works as expected. The problem doesn't come from fvwm as it hasn't
> > been upgraded for years, and I had no such problem a few weeks or
> > months ago.
> >
> > I'm not sure whether this is due to the X server or some application,
> > but in the latter case, the problem would come from either Iceweasel
> > or xterm (or Firefox instead of Iceweasel, as on the other machine
> > I'm using Firefox).
>
> This occurred shortly after rebooting. There were only some xterm
> windows. No Iceweasel/Firefox.
After trying to reproduce the problem, I've found that this comes from
unclutter. But not all applications are affected.
Emacs (with its own GUI) is NOT affected.
Firefox is NOT affected (but there are other issues).
Fvwm (root window) is affected.
Xterm is affected.
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