Hi Matt,
>>Just curios, what window manager are you running ? Compiz or metacity ?
metacity
>>Is the window manager still running ? e.g. for thunderbird window can
you select the title bar (via left click and hold down mouse) and drag
window >>around desktop ?
yes
>>If not sounds like your window manager has died and needs to be
restarted, check $HOME for a core file aswell.
No window manager related core files:
xtrnaw7 at t61p:~$ ls $HOME/core*
/export/home/xtrnaw7/core*: No such file or directory
xtrnaw7 at t61p:~$ coreadm
global core file pattern: /var/core/core_%n_%f_%u_%g_%p
global core file content: default
init core file pattern: /var/core/core_%n_%f_%u_%g_%p
init core file content: default
global core dumps: disabled
per-process core dumps: enabled
global setid core dumps: disabled
per-process setid core dumps: disabled
global core dump logging: disabled
xtrnaw7 at t61p:~$ ls /var/core/*
/var/core/core_t61p_hal-storage-unmo_0_0_14861
/var/core/core_t61p_nmap_0_0_8729
/var/core/core_t61p_nmap_0_0_8732
/var/core/core_t61p_sysstat_0_0_19500
regards
Bernd
cheers
Matt Keenan wrote:
> Bernd,
>
> Just curios, what window manager are you running ? Compiz or metacity ?
>
> Is the window manager still running ? e.g. for thunderbird window can
> you select the title bar (via left click and hold down mouse) and drag
> window around desktop ?
>
> If not sounds like your window manager has died and needs to be
> restarted, check $HOME for a core file aswell.
>
> cheers
>
> Matt
>
> Bernd Schemmer wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm running OpenSolaris 06.2009
>> xtrnaw7 at t61p:~$ uname -a
>> SunOS t61p 5.11 snv_111a i86pc i386 i86pc
>>
>> and until recently it worked perfectly.
>>
>> But since some hours I can not select a window with the mouse by
>> left-clicking in the window anymore -- I must left-click on the
>> title bar to activate a window.
>>
>> But not for all programs: I can activate Thunderbird by
>> left-clicking in any part of it's window. The same for some Firefox
>> windows -- but not all ...
>>
>> I did not change anything .. at least nothing I'm aware off
>> Very strange and very unuseful ...
>>
>> How can I change this behaviour back to normal?
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Bernd
>
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