dc@caveat.berkeley.edu (Dave Cottingham) (12/14/90)
I have run into a peculiar problem using my favorite X application, XCONQ, on my shiny new Sparcstation. I can't direct the input focus to XCONQ's window. This is true whether the client is running on the Sparcstation or elsewhere (like the VAX downstairs), and the client works fine when the window is on any other server I've tried. Can anyone give a hint what the problem is? Anyone seen this before? Could someone tell me how a window manager decides if a window should be allowed to take input focus? (yes, I'm that clueless) The machine: SUN Sparcstation 1+ OS: SUN OS 4.1 Brand of X: Open Windows 2.0 Window manager: olwm Widget libs used by client: NONE Any clues most appreciated. - Dave Cottingham dc@caveat.berkeley.edu
boyter@bimbo.uucp (Maj Brian Boyter) (12/15/90)
dc@caveat.berkeley.edu (Dave Cottingham) writes: >XCONQ, on my shiny new Sparcstation. I can't direct the input focus Dave... Here's something to try... In your .Xdefaults put a line like: OpenwindowsFocusLenience: True I'm working from memory since I'm at home and not at work.... This "feature" can be found in one of the man pages (try man xnews, man olwm, man openwin, etc, and look for FocusLenience).... Brian -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Maj. Brian A Boyter US Army Foreign Science & Technology Center Charlottesville, Va 22901 __ off: (804)980-7362 ( ) home: 973-9440 { } ( ) boyter@fstc-chville.army.mil || || Just say glow...... _______< >_______
igl@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Ian Glendinning) (12/18/90)
In <1990Dec13.221949.583@agate.berkeley.edu> dc@caveat.berkeley.edu (Dave Cottingham) writes: >I have run into a peculiar problem using my favorite X application, >XCONQ, on my shiny new Sparcstation. I can't direct the input focus >to XCONQ's window. This is true whether the client is running on the >Sparcstation or elsewhere (like the VAX downstairs), and the client >works fine when the window is on any other server I've tried. Can >anyone give a hint what the problem is? Anyone seen this before? >Could someone tell me how a window manager decides if a window should >be allowed to take input focus? (yes, I'm that clueless) Try putting the line: OpenWindows.FocusLenience: true in your .Xdefaults file. I had a similar problem running a program on my SPARC station under openwindows, which worked fine under other versions of X. Local experts informed me that the problem is most likely to do with not enforcing the ICCCM requirement that windows must have the input hint set in order to receive the focus. Apparently, many X11R3 clients don't bother to set this hint. Hope this helps. Ian -- I.Glendinning@ecs.soton.ac.uk Ian Glendinning Tel: +44 703 593081 Electronics and Computer Science Fax: +44 703 593045 University of Southampton SO9 5NH England