[SGVLUG] Loss of keyboard function on screen 1 of two

[Michael Proctor-Smith]

On 6/11/07, John E. Kreznar <jek at ininx.com> wrote:
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> An event has occurred which has left X on this two-screen machine in a
> strange state.  Can you help me to understand the state and get out of
> it?
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> My focus at the time was on screen 0.  The first indication was the
> sudden disappearance of the fvwm borders on some xdvi windows that I
> had displayed on screen 1.  The pointer can be moved as usual from
> screen 0 to screen 1, and mouse focus follows the pointer as usual,
> but keyboard focus does not!  Mouse functions such as the xdvi
> magnifier and page-select buttons in a gv window also visible on
> screen 1 work normally.  Hotkeys to those same windows do not; in fact
> the keyed characters appear instead in a window back on screen 0.  Not
> even the fvwm hotkeys for switching among screen 1 desktops are
> functioning.

Seems like you have two seperate displays not xinerama or anything and
the window manager on screen 1 died. Things like keyboard focus are
controlled by window managers.

> I could provide lots more details, but I don't know what's relevant.
>
> I was playing an animation on screen 0 with vlc at the time of the
> event, and vlc is the prime suspect.  It has been known in the past to
> play badly with multi-screen displays.
>
> X has been up for 60 days on this machine and I don't want to take it
> down unnecessarily.  Ideas?
>
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>  John E. Kreznar jek at ininx.com 9F1148454619A5F08550 705961A47CC541AFEF13
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