xfce, Apple X11, and mouse emulation

[Ambrose Li]

On 18/01/07, Fred Dushin <fadushin at fourfold.org> wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone one this list might have some guidance for
> diagnosing this issue, as I don't think the macports folks have any
> insight into the problem.


I think there is some fundamental incompatibility between XFCE and
Apple's X11, for some unknown reason. This is not just running XFCE
on the Mac; even if you run it somewhere else (e.g., I used to run it
remotely on my DIY Linux box at home and also at work on Debian
unstable) and just use Apple's X11 as a display, it will stop working
after a while.

As to what the incompatibility is, I don't have any idea, but I suspect
this is a bug in Apple's X11.

> For the benefit of the XFCE crowd, I am running XFCE 4.2.2 on an
> intel macbook (core 2 duo), built off macports (http://
> www.macports.org).  I have been able to confirm the same behavior on
> a PowerPC, so it does not seem to be processor-related.
>
> Thanks in advance for any pointers.
>
> -Fred

-- 
cheers,
-ambrose