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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: KWin locks KDE with Alt+Tab
From:       Richard Moore <rich () ipso-facto ! freeserve ! co ! uk>
Date:       2001-06-28 12:58:08
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Ralf Nolden wrote:
> 
> David Faure wrote:
> >
> > On Tuesday 19 June 2001 15:21, David Faure wrote:
> > > > Do you still get these locks with the taskbar after my commit from yesterday?
> > > > Harri had the same problem on his laptop but cannot reproduce it anymore.
> > >
> > > Ah, I thought this was only related to Alt+Tab....
> > > I wanted to keep kdelibs-2.1.2 on the laptop (to test koffice with it),
> > > but I'll upgrade to see if this fixes it, then.
> >
> > Hmm, no luck. I updated kdelibs & kdebase on the laptop.... ouch, not better,
> > maybe even worse.
> > I don't think the problem is only Alt+Tab and its grabbing.
> > With simply two windows opened (a konsole and an xemacs, or even two xterms!),
> > if I click inside the one of the windows => the mouse pointer is 'stuck' to its
> > current shape and won't change, whatever I do with it.
> > So this looks like some "focus" problem...
> > Either kwin or X......
> >
> > Hmm, just tried kwin from KDE 2.0 ... same problem.
> > Then I tried kwm (KDE-1.1.2)... _no_ problem.
> >
> > So... long standing kwin bug ?
> > How can I debug this ?
> 
> I would be *very* interested in this, too. David, Coolo and I have the
> same laptop and we all experience the same problem when running on
> batteries, just like Coolo already said on GUADEC. I *hope* we can
> resolve this at least next week in Stuttgart if we spend some hours in
> the evening tracking this down.

Could it be something to do with a variation in the processor speed
between battery and mains power modes? IIRC this can cause the kernel
clock to get out of sync in some situations which might lead to
problems with the timestamps on events.

Rich.

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