[Xquartz-dev] keyboard/mouse focus issues

[John Koren]

Jeremy,

sorry for the delay in my reply. I finished the test you asked for.

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 6:57 AM, Jeremy Huddleston <jeremyhu at apple.com> wrote:
> 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)

This did not help. The problem persists.

>
> 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

You are right, yes, this works.

-John

>
> 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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