[openbox] Openbox context menu not working

Mikael Magnusson mikachu at gmail.com
Mon Mar 28 12:54:21 EDT 2016


On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 4:18 PM, Johan Vromans <jvromans at squirrel.nl> wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Mar 2016 22:45:40 +0100 Piscium <groknok at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>   On 2016-03-27 20:39 +0100, Piscium wrote:
>>   If you use programs
>>   that link to GNOME libraries, it's likely that some GNOME daemons get
>>   started behind your back.  That is just the way of the GNOME :-(
>
> Exactly. And one of these programs sometimes (cron? yum?)
> sets/resets/overrides something.
>
> Similarly: Sometimes I find that my Xdefaults (yes, I'm old
> fashioned) have been reset so I need to load them again.
>
>> but wouldn't be surprised if it's yet another gnome program stealing
>> events.
>
> This what I expects that happens.
>
>> In any case, as I said before the issue manifests after an apparently
>> random time after login, so there could be an hidden obscure bug
>> somewhere.
>
> I'm afraid it's not a bug, but defined though (for us) unwanted behaviour.
>
> The problem remains to find out what tool is resetting or stealing things.
>
> Right now I have a root window that doesn't any longer respond to mouse
> clicks. There must be a way to find out who is stealing the events...

strace everything and see what moves when you click :).

-- 
Mikael Magnusson


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