On Mon, 12 Jul 2004, David Mart�nez Moreno wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > El Domingo, 11 de Julio de 2004 09:28, Tomas Pospisek's Mailing Lists > escribi�: > > On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, Steve Corwin wrote: > > > When I try to pop up klipper it hangs. Not only that, but if I invoke > > > it with a keystroke it blocks all keyboard input until I use the mouse > > > to start a process manager and kill it. If I use the mouse to invoke it > > > then all mouse input is blocked and most keyboard input too, but I can > > > get to a different virtual console and kill it from there. > > > > > > This is happening on two different machines, both updated to KDE 3.2.2 > > > and both running sarge (testing). The only bug I found that seems > > > relevant is 83659, "Prevent empty clipboard" option makes klipper hang. > > > However I turned that option off and klipper still hangs. > > > > > > Has anybody else seen this? > > > > Yes, Klipper is behaving quite strangely here as well - sometimes when I > > click on it it will sometimes block the mouse for an unforseable time. I > > usualy press CTRL-ALT and the mouse is miraculously released. > > Hello, Tomas. The fix for the stuck menus is not Ctrl-Alt, it is only > Alt. I > have completely isolated. And it is *irritating*. A lot. > > I have a lot of these problems with Klipper and the main menu, and I > remember > a couple with OO.org, and another couple with Firefox. > > I do not know if the last Alt-Tab fix in XFree4.3 (version > 4.3.0.dfsg1-6) > will fix this: > > * Grab from XFree86 CVS (2003-08-22) a fix for the problem some window > managers have seeing Alt key release events (commonly known as the > "Alt-Tab problem"). (Closes: #254973)
I've upgraded and I'll report back whether I'm still seeing the problem. *t -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Tomas Pospisek http://sourcepole.com - Linux & Open Source Solutions -----------------------------------------------------------
