gtk apps acting stupid with the mouse

ExecutorElassus

So, I just recently ran a world update, installing a bunch of gtk3 stuff. However, I've also noticed - I think since the last xorg-server update - that gtk apps (and gtk apps only) are acting really bizarre with the mouse. Specifically, if I left-click on a point within the window, that application ignores all changes of cursor position until I right-click somewhere else.

Example:
I move the main window of Audacious to the corner by left-clicking on the top of the window, dragging to the new position, and release.
I left-click on the playlist (a different window), and drag: the main window moves, and the playlist stays put.
Once I right-click anywhere within one of those two windows, I can left-click the playlist, and move it.

Example 2:
I left-click the forward-skip button in the main window, and it skips a track forward.
Left-clicking anything else within either window skips a track forward, until I right-click something, and audacious gets wise.

This is not limited to audacious. 'evince' does the same bizarre behavior.

Below is /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/11-inputs.conf:

ExecutorElassus · Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:48 pm Post subject:

I spoke too soon. After rebooting, and thus restarting X, I have the same problem.

If I execute the command

ExecutorElassus · Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:06 pm Post subject:

more info: I've narrowed it down a bit. there's *one post* on a redhat bugtracker here, which has the same problem. That is: fvwm suddenly stops handling left-handed mouse usage, but ONLY for GTK apps.

Guess I'll go talk to the fvwm people. Unless someone here knows what's up?

Thanks,

EE

ThomasAdam · Guru Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 448 Location: England

ExecutorElassus · Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:35 pm Post subject:

Let's assume, for the sake of argument, that it's EWMHActivateWindowFunc. How do I fix the problem? I see a bunch of new config files for EWMH that I should add in (?), but I'm not sure how to proceed with that. Is there a specific set of modules/settings I now need to enable?

Thanks for the help.

EE

ThomasAdam · Guru Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 448 Location: England

ExecutorElassus · Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:00 pm Post subject:

So, I added that line in my .fvwm/startup file, to no avail. I still have the same wonky behavior, but now both for right- and left-handed mouse usage.

So, this is a bug with fvwm handling mouse events? Their bug-submitter seems to be broken, so I should maybe send a mail?

Thanks again,

EE

ExecutorElassus · Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:53 pm Post subject:

As requested, below is the entire xev info for the Audacious window(s). I am clicking one window, mousing over to the other, clicking that, etc. Here they are step by step. I'll identify the playlist as "window2" and the main window as "window1." So:

Primary-click title bar window2, drag a bit, let go:

ExecutorElassus · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 10:13 pm Post subject:

UPDATE: the GTK folks have tracked down the error (the server is reading actual mouse-clicks, instead of logical ones, while other apps aren't, and there's miscommunication or something), and there's a post here. How can I submit it to get into the gentoo tree?

Cheers,

EE

Chiitoo · Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 12:24 am Post subject:

Greetings!

I guess you could try patching it yourself, for now, and see if it works for you.

It should be rather easy I guess, even if you haven't done it before. I've only done it myself a few times, that is, meddled with patching and modifying ebuilds, so I can't really say if it would work as is or not, and shouldn't try to advice on it as great documentation to do just that exist.

But it was a lot easier than I thought, that much I can say.

Stuff on ebuilds (it's not that I wrote anything from scratch, I merely modified already existing ones, but this place here did help quite a bit to understand stuff):

http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/

As for getting stuff into the tree here, there is:

https://bugs.gentoo.org/

Sorry if what I'm saying is obvious, and if I missed your point, but I do hope this helps. ^^;
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Kindest of regardses.

ExecutorElassus · Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 12:59 am Post subject:

I've patched ebuilds as well. My problem here, though, is that I'm not even sure which file needs patching. If it's something deep within the source tree (which only exists in /var/tmp during emerging), I'm hesitant. I'd feel much safer posting it to bugzilla, but I'm not even sure which package would need the patch (the linked bug report and patch isn't very descriptive).

Anyway, I'll wait and see.

Thanks,

EE