[openbox] [incompatibility] Game OpenGL window hangs with certain focus switches

[Dana Jansens]

On 6/12/07, Bernhard Stoeckner <elven at swordcoast.net> wrote:
> On Tuesday 12 June 2007, Dana Jansens wrote:
> > I wonder if you could be so kind to try Openbox with this patch, and
> > let me know how it works for you.
>
> Hey, many thanks. I applied the patch, though I had to fix one hunk against
> 3.4.2 src tgz in event.c. This is how it looks now:
>
> void event_cancel_all_key_grabs()
> {
>     if (keyboard_interactively_grabbed()) {
>         keyboard_interactive_cancel();
>         ob_debug("KILLED interactive event\n");
>     } else if (menu_frame_visible) {
>         menu_frame_hide_all();
>         ob_debug("KILLED open menus\n");
>     } else if (grab_on_keyboard()) {
>         ungrab_keyboard();
>         ob_debug("KILLED active grab on keyboard\n");
>     } else
>         ungrab_passive_key();
> }
>
>
> Things improved somehow. It now does not, after ~30min of testing, lock up
> completely. However, it just did now lock up upon clicking (focus by
> mouse-has-focus) coming from a open terminal window. I held alt and moved the
> window by some pixel, and it instantly worked again. I switched back to the
> terminal, and back to NWN, and locked again. Closing the terminal window
> un-locked the game window, too.
>
> It does not seem to deadlock half as often as before. This feels nearly
> useable.
>
> I can't seem to reproduce it now, though. How very vexing.
>
> I wonder if its a problem with stupid coding in NWN, or is it some general wm
> issue? In any case, many thanks for your help in this issue.

I know you tried this before, but does removing your "Client" context
mouse bindings affect this bit of behavior? They can mess up a badly
written application apparently.