I use click to focus and experience the same exact problem on occasion.
I haven't been able to track down any sequence of events for this issue
yet. It happens arbitrarily it seems, though I'm trying to keep track
of this. Horribly annoying, but yes a fvwm restart "fixes" it.
James
Ben Ketcham wrote:
>
> I have found that certain programs seem to hit a bug in fvwm, such that
> after I start them, it becomes impossible to move the focus *at all*: it
> stays locked on one window. Netscape 4 is one offender. However, this
> condition (for me) has always been fixed by restarting fvwm (which
> doesn't require any windows to be closed, so basically no harm is done).
>
> Caveat: I use SloppyFocus, not ClickToFocus, so this might or might not
> be a manifestation of the same bug (my guess is that it is, though).
>
> --ben
