Re: Clicks on desktop not recognised any more

On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Valter Toffolo <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.

Thanks - I haven't thought about those. I looked at the link you
provided. But I have one question: how do I know if these are normal
skeyboard shortcuts (where all keys are pressed at the same time) or
keychains? It looks as if they are the same, i.e. if I press the keys
sequentially or simultaneously, it does not seem to make a difference
("None F11 F12 :ExecCommand xterm" in the .keys file does start xterm
when pressed F11 and F12 in sequence or simultaniously).

So how do you stop using them?


>
>> 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

Thanks - now I just have to wait till the problem occurs again.


>
>> Rainer
>>
>> PS: this time it happened after closing emacs.
>>
>>>
>>> Rainer
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
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Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)

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