Programs using X freeze while switching windows

[Brian J. Tarricone]

On 09/28/04 21:20, Ondrej Mihalyi wrote:
> I agree that there could be a problem to fix it, you know better, but I'd
> rather assume it's a flaw in xfwm, because I think every X application
> naturally relies on display (and it's not clever to think it shouldn't)
> and whether it is video or audio output that is the heart of application,
> it's unpleasant if it stops for no reason. (actually I was using a Flash
> inet radio player in opera, xmms would do the same, but I don't use it)

the important point that olivier wasn't clear on is that these apps are
requiring a display _grab_ for whatever reason.  only one application is
allowed to grab the server at once, and it's IMO a bug in the music player
that it can't continue playing audio in a separate thread while the GUI
is blocking on the server grab.

> Anyway, I'm not a freaking ever-complaining user and I don't requiere you
> to workaround this problem, I love xfce as it is, I just meant it would be
> nice to not have this little flaw :) Cheers, Ondro

xfwm4 requires the server grab during the alt+tab procedure, so it's not
a flaw in xfwm4.

	-brian
	

> 
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:01:27 +0200
> Olivier Fourdan <fourdan at xfce.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 10:04, Ondrej Mihalyi wrote:
> > > I really love using XFCE, but there is one pathetic flaw, 
> > > while switching between applications using Alt+Tab keys 
> > > for a longer while everything that has something to do with
> > >  X freezes for the time I browse the list, including music
> > 
> > The flaw is rather in your music player (xmms?) that relies on the
> > display for sound playback. You can't draw on screen using "xor"
> > withoiut grabbing the server or you get visual artifacts.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Olivier.
> > -- 
> >  - Olivier Fourdan - fourdan at xfce.org - http://www.xfce.org - 
> > 
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