X Windows problem

[Mike A. Harris]

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003, [ISO-8859-1] Féliciano Matias wrote:

>>   Starting with the XFree86-4.3.0-25 updates, there is an annoying bug that
>> affects dragging windows.  Often, when I click on a window menu bar to drag
>> it, it won't move.  When I click on it again, then it will move.  If I click
>> on the menu bar once and it doesn't move, if I move the mouse pointer
>> somewhere else and click again, the window suddenly jumps to the new
>> location.
>>   I tried downgrading to the 4.3.0-24 packages and the problem persisted.
>> The newer 4.3.0-29 packages haven't helped either.  Could the original
>> Xfree86-4.3.0-25 packages have caused some configuration change that has to
>> be fixed manually?
>> 
>> I don't know much about the internals of X Windows so I'm not
>> sure what package to file a bug report under.  (XFree86 or one of the
>> associated XFree86 packages?)
>> 
>
>I confirm the bug with metacity and XFree86-4.3.0-29.
>icewm and XFree86-4.3.0-29 is OK.
>Use package XFree86.

Definitely don't use XFree86, as it is unlikely to be an XFree86 
bug/problem.  The window manager is what handles window 
management.  If you're using metacity, then file a bug against 
metacity.  Downgrade metacity to an older release and I'll bet 
money that the problem disappears.


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Mike A. Harris     ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris
OS Systems Engineer - XFree86 maintainer - Red Hat