Re: Clicks on desktop not recognised any more

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 4:09 AM, Rainer M Krug <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Rainer M Krug <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 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).

I've never tried this one.

I had this kind of problems (don't remember about clicks, but
shortcuts for sure stopped working) when i had something like this in
the keys file:

Mod4 q Mod4 a :ExecCommand something

I had to press "super_l" and hold, then press "q" and in sequence "a"
and just then release "super_l" in order to run something.

So every time i just pressed super_l + q i had then an unfinished
sequence and things stopped working right.

>> So how do you stop using them?

I'd suggest you to look in your keys file for combinations of more
than two keys and wipe them from there!

>>
>>
>>>
>>>> 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.
>
> That's working - it just saved me.

Good i could help!

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