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Subject: [openbox] Openbox sometimes hangs, can be reproduced
From: dj.jankins () gmail ! com (Donald Jenkins)
Date: 2010-05-13 2:33:12
Message-ID: AANLkTim3Pc6T_Pf_WEJEXNCqX1O-M9msETjBzGlqTALH () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hello, Dana. Thanks for your reply.
And if app will suddenly freeze, there will be freeze at all, without
any chance to escape? How I can avoid this?
I confirmed it on IceWM, so it not an openbox bug. Sorry for any inconvenience.
On 5/13/10, Dana Jansens <dana at orodu.net> wrote:
>
> On 2010-05-12, at 7:11 AM, Donald Jenkins wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>> I have a question about Openbox.
>> I'm using Openbox for some time, but later I experienced strange
>> behavior: for example, if firefox hangs for a while (saves a file to
>> network mounted resource via quick-save menu), openbox hangs too, I
>> completely loose control over it until application return. If
>> application hangs without focusing on application menu, all good.
>> Otherwise, only global keys work (Ctrl-Alt-N), Alt-Tab don't work.
>> It is not very annoying bug, but when machine under a network load it
>> appears.
>> Panel hangs too, but panel clock works.
>> If possible, I can provide a video displaying bug.
>> Sorry for my bad english.
>
> Inside a menu like that, firefox has grabbed the keyboard (and probly
> mouse). This prevents other applications from getting input. It's a
> condition of X Windows where an app can steal the input and hold onto it if
> it wishes. And this is how GTK+ menus work. Noone else can grab in the
> meantime or release it for firefox.
>
> Dana
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