Re: Window focus

Le samedi 18 septembre 2010, Alejandro López a écrit :
> El 14/09/10 17:32, Len Lawrence escribió:
> > On 14/09/10 13:42, Alejandro López wrote:
> >> Len Lawrence wrote:
> >>> On 14/09/10 08:17, Alejandro López wrote:
> >>>> El 13/09/10 20:48, Barry Jackson escribió:
> >>>>> On 13/09/10 12:08, Len Lawrence wrote:
> >>>>>> On 13/09/10 08:47, Alejandro López wrote:
> >>>>>>> Hi all,
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> since a few weeks, I'm facing a problem on my 2010.1. When I click
> >>>>>>> a window, it doesn't get the focus. The only way for a window to
> >>>>>>> get the focus is to click on the borders or the top title bar.
> >>>>>>> This is quite annoying.
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> I remember that many years ago there was a configuration option for
> >>>>>>> this, but I failed to find it, if it still exists.
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Any idea about how to solve this?
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> TIA,
> >>>>>>> Alejandro.
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Yes, I seem to remember there were more choices in the old days.  I
> >>>>>> prefer focus-follows-mouse, which can be selected in GNOME
> >>>>>> Preferences
> >>>>>> ->   Windows.  If that is unchecked windows assume focus wherever
> >>>>>> they are
> >>>>>> clicked.  Maybe KDE has something similar.
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Len
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Have you tried :-
> >>>>> Right click window title bar->Configure window behavior->Focus
> >>>> 
> >>>> I have no "Configure Window Behavior" menu when I right-click on the
> >>>> title bar. Is this a KDE feature? I'm using GNOME/metacity.
> >>> 
> >>> Yes, that must be KDE.  I don't have it in GNOME either.  I
> >>> occasionally see odd behaviour under GNOME for all sorts of things
> >>> like the power save stuff going AWOL or the back delete key not
> >>> working in a terminal all of a sudden but OK in emacs.  Usually things
> >>> right themselves after a reboot (the easiest way if you don't know
> >>> what is going on).  Perhaps logging out and in would help?
> >> 
> >> I don't know exactly when this problem started, but it's been there
> >> for some weeks now. In the meantime I rebooted the machine (my
> >> personal PC, not a server) several times.
> > 
> > Don't know what to suggest then.  I have had a look at the xev output in
> > a terminal and see the expected events for Click-to-focus and
> > Sloppy-focus (focus follows mouse); things like Leave and Enter Notify
> > events and FocusIn and FocusOut events, all at the expected places.  If
> > you try this, stick to small movements near the edges of windows or you
> > will be swamped by MotionNotify events.  If there is some unexpected
> > behaviour it might mean something to somebody on this list.  I know
> > nothing about the infrastructure of the desktop or X server.  One thing
> > I noted was enter and leave events on moving between the title bar and
> > the window it decorates.
> > 
> > Len
> 
> Sorry for the delay but I've been out for a few days.
> 
> I tried xev and the results are as expected: wrong. I have the FocusIn and
> FocusOut events only if I click on the window's border or title bar. If I
> click inside the window, I just get rwo ButtonPress events with state
> 0x2030 and 0x2130 (press and release?).
> 
> I guess there is a configuration problem somewhere, but probaly this is not
> something that can be managed with the GUI.
> 
> Thanks for your help anyway.
> Alejandro.
What about creating a new user and see if the problem is still present ?

JPB