[Xquartz-dev] keyboard/mouse focus issues

[Jeremy Huddleston]

Did you try nuking the xkb directory with the alpha3 shipped server or  
using the alpha1 server binary in alpha3?  So many libs changed during  
alpha1 to alpha3 that I want to eliminate client-side issues.

--Jeremy

On Oct 16, 2009, at 10:16, Pelle Johansson wrote:

> Hrm, I just noticed I can only reproduce it if I actually click an  
> X11 window to make X11 active. If I click the dock item the windows  
> work. As usual minimizing all the windows and restoring them  
> resolves the issue. gitk is also affected btw (was just looking  
> though the changes to see if I can spot something).
> -- 
> Pelle Johansson
>
> 16 okt 2009 kl. 15.57 skrev Jeremy Huddleston:
>
>> hrm... ok.  Thanks for the info.  I'll be building some versions of  
>> the server incrementally from what was released in alpha1 through  
>> what is in alpha3 and will let you know when they're available...  
>> hopefully with these we can atleast hone in on the problematic  
>> change.
>>
>> In the mean time, can you atleast confirm two things for me?
>>
>> 1) Test my xkb hunch:
>> Install alpha3
>> Nuke the /opt/X11/share/X11/xkb directory
>> Does the problem go away? (note that the 1.7 server will fail to  
>> startup this way)
>>
>> 2) Ensure it is actually a server bug:
>> Install alpha1.
>> Backup its X11.bin
>> cp /Applications/Utilities/XQuartz.app/Contents/MacOS/X11.bin /tmp/ 
>> X11.bin.alpha1
>> Install alpha3
>> Restore alpha1's X11.bin
>> sudo cp /tmp/X11.bin.alpha1 /Applications/Utilities/XQuartz.app/ 
>> Contents/MacOS/X11.bin
>> Nuke the /opt/X11/share/X11/xkb directory (important since alpha1's  
>> X11.bin fails keymapping if that directory is in place)
>>
>> The resulting install *should* work if my assumption is correct  
>> that it's a server related issue
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jeremy
>>
>> On Oct 16, 2009, at 01:29, John Koren wrote:
>>
>>> Jeremy,
>>>
>>> I use rxvt and xterm and both lock up equally with alpha2 and alpha3
>>> with or without X11.bin-1.7.0901. Unfortunately, I do not have time
>>> for debugging and thus I am just monitoring closely this issue.  
>>> alpha1
>>> is working adequately for me (with some strange but relatively minor
>>> issues).
>>>
>>> -John
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Jeremy Huddleston <jeremyhu at apple.com 
>>> > wrote:
>>>> So, I've been trying for an hour or so, and I can't seem to  
>>>> reproduce this
>>>> bug where mouse/keyboard events stop being sent when switching to/ 
>>>> from X11
>>>> as the focused application.
>>>>
>>>> I haven't heard much since alpha3, but I'm wondering if that's  
>>>> because
>>>> people are too scared to try alpha3 after the problems mentioned  
>>>> with
>>>> alpha2.  I really want to squash this issue since it's the only  
>>>> problem I am
>>>> aware of with this release, but I need some help to actually  
>>>> reproduce it.
>>>>
>>>> Can someone please confirm whether or not this issue is still  
>>>> present in
>>>> alpha3?  Also, please confirm that it's there in the 1.7 server  
>>>> as well as
>>>> the 1.6 server shipped.
>>>>
>>>> I'll be building a bunch of "drop in" server binaries for testing  
>>>> if I can't
>>>> actually reproduce this myself.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Jeremy
>>>>
>>>>
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