[openbox] Any workaround for bug #3551 (keyboard shortcuts disabled by VMWare)?

[Niels Berglund]

Mikael Magnusson wrote:
> On Thu, 8 May 2008, Niels Berglund wrote:
>
>> Mikael Magnusson wrote:
>>>  On Thu, 8 May 2008, Niels Berglund wrote:
>>>
>>> >  I guess the title says it all; are there any work-arounds for the 
>>> bug >  where keyboard shortcuts are disabled when a virtual machine 
>>> running in >  VMWare gets focus (i.e. you do something in a VMWare 
>>> virtual machine, >  and when you come back to OpenBox all keyboard 
>>> shortcuts are disabled)?
>>>
>>>  If you're using 3.4.6, upgrade to 3.4.7, if you're already using 
>>> 3.4.7, i
>>>  guess you'd have to downgrade to 3.4.5.
>> [snip]
> You can probably fix it by commenting out the calls in event.c in the 
> if that checks (e->type == MappingNotify), if you don't mind compiling 
> from source.
That fixed it (commenting out the code in the else if check (e->type == 
MappingNotify)!! Thanks!! The question is now what side effects it will 
have, if any?!! Anyway, so far so good!!

Thanks again!!!

Niels