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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bwmelans@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Nov 13 09:51:19 1989
From: bwmelans@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 89 09:51:35 EST
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
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From krishna@ATHENA.MIT.EDU Thu Nov 9 03:07:20 1989
From: krishna@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 89 03:06:31 -0500
To: hotline@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Cc: cfyi@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Thought:
Subject: m11-115-4 dying on me...
I tried logging in twice on m11-115-4, once with uwm and once under mwm (I run
my own .xsession, by the way.) In each case, the input focus got stuck in a
window (my input focus is always set to moving the mouse around, not clicking
or anything like that) in such a way that I could only type into that window,
and when I moved the mouse out of that window, I couldn't type anywhere.
The first time this happened, I was running 3 xterms, 2 emacses, xscreensaver,
and uwm.
The second time this happened, the `focus' was stuck in emacs, and I tried
creating a new xterm using M-x shell-command. This I did, and mwm switched to
window-positioning mode, which allowed me to move the mouse and place the
window, unsticking the focus. After a bit more work in emacs, it got stuck
again, so I tried creating another xterm, which promptly placed itself at
+0+0. Then, within emacs, I tried starting up mwm again (but it was already
running). Then I tried killing mwm, it died quickly, kicked the focus to the
xterm I had created (which wouldn't accept any input).
Both times, I ended up popping up the first xterm window menu (C-S-left
button), and having it kept up, with the focus stuck on it, and me unable to
select anything. I had to reboot (twice).
Any suggestions?
Krishna Sethuraman
krishna@athena.mit.edu
Project Athena User Consultant
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