Re: Clicks on desktop not recognised any more

On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 7:37 AM, Rainer M Krug <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Rainer M Krug <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 1:14 AM, Bob Hepple <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Rainer M Krug <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> from time to time, after working for some time, none of the
>>>> mouseclicks on the desktop are recognized any more.
>>>> Everything else is still working.
>>>>
>>>> The only way of getting them back is to kill the X-Server via
>>>> CTRL-ALT-BKSPACE
>>>>
>>>> Is there any other way, i.e. via xterm, to quit fluxbox gracefully or
>>>> to get the desktop mouseclicks back?
>>>>
>>>>  Any ideas what might be causing this?
>>>>
>>>> Setup is laptop with second monitor, two x-servers, conky on laptop
>>>> screen, no changes recently to the configuration.
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Rather than nuke X, maybe just re-starting fluxbox would suffice. At least
>>> that's a better workaround until you solve the real problem.
>>> I have this in ~/.fluxbox/keys:
>>>
>>> Control Mod1 Delete  :MacroCmd {Restart} {ExecCommand fbsetbg -l}
>>
>> Thanks a lot - that is something I was thinking about but did not
>> follow through.
>
> The shortcut works when I can still use the right-click-on-desktop of
> the mouse, but when the problem occurs, none of the keyboard shortcuts
> for Fluxbox are working any more.

Rainer, they must be talking about fluxbox own "emacs-style"
keybindings, aka "keychains", as of
http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php?title=Keyboard_shortcuts#Keychains
I had similar problems in the past with this kind of keybindings so i
stopped using it.

> Any idea how I can figure out what is causing this? Can I restart
> fluxbox from a terminal?

This should do the trick:
killall -HUP fluxbox

> Rainer
>
> PS: this time it happened after closing emacs.
>
>>
>> Rainer
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation
>> Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)
>>
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>
>
>
> --
> Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation
> Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)
>
> Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology
> Faculty of Science
> Natural Sciences Building
> Private Bag X1
> University of Stellenbosch
> Matieland 7602
> South Africa
>
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