From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B45vb-0002D1-9v for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 17:23:51 -0500 Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B45v2-00022c-0l for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 17:23:47 -0500 Received: from [195.141.226.27] (helo=netline-mail1.netline.ch) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B45v1-00021I-DH for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 17:23:15 -0500 Received: from 10.0.1.2 (unverified [80.218.116.74]) by netline-mail1.netline.ch (Rockliffe SMTPRA 4.5.6) with ESMTP id for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 23:18:41 +0100 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: SDL_GRAB problem From: Michel =?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=E4nzer?= In-Reply-To: References: <20040317201432.GA4510@linux-m68k.org> <1079560165.16836.1531.camel@rapid> <1079570136.7054.24.camel@thor.asgaard.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Message-Id: <1079648588.13245.56.camel@thor.asgaard.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 23:23:09 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 06:23, Sami Haahtinen wrote: > Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > Strictly speaking, it may be an X server bug that the grab persists > > when the client goes away. > > When you think it through, it does appear so. Why would an application > that doesn't exist need grab. I can't think of a reason, but specs don't always follow reason. ;) > Although i don't know the full mechanism behind grab, so it might be that > there is some reason why this hasn't been fixed. IIRC the spec does define grabs to expire when the client goes away, but I don't know offhand where this is defined. > Oh well, i'm looking forward to xouvert, somehow i have lost my faith in > XFree86. You're not alone. Unfortunately, xouvert looked quite dead already last time I checked. Fortunately, there's a lot going on over at http://freedesktop.org/Software/Home . On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 12:18, Richard Zidlicky wrote: > Now, excuse for the completely offtopic Q: Once every year or so > my Xemacs looses sync with the Xserver.. usually there is some > message suggesting xlib lost some reply or got an unexpected one. > Is there any way to revive the app in such a case? Not sure, but I'm afraid not - error recovery isn't exactly a strength of Xlib and most of its applications. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer