Re: mouse clicks doesn't work

[Geoff Kuenning <geoff cs hmc edu>]

> My root window setting is that 
> Button 1 click is Popup root menu and 
> button 2 click is Popup window list
> 
> Sometimes it happens to me that clicking mouse button 1 and 2 are
> not working any more. There is only a beep after clicking.
> 
> Only restarting sawfish helps.
> 
> I would like to know what I can do to find the cause of the problem.

I haven't found the cause, but I have some more information and a more
convenient workaround when it happens.

The situation seems to happen when I pop up a menu, don't select an
item, and then type something.  To avoid that, if I pop up a menu and
then change my mind, I move the mouse into and out of a random window
so that the focus changes.  That avoids the problem.

When it hangs, you can unhang it by killing the menu process.  I use
alt-TAB to select a shell window, use ps | grep menu to find the menu
process, and then kill it with a kill -9.  Sawfish will then restart
the menu helper the next time you click on the root.
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    Geoff Kuenning   geoff cs hmc edu   http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~geoff/

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