xfwm4 problems

Oliver Etchebarne Bejarano drmad at paperclip.com.pe
Tue Aug 19 21:29:11 CEST 2008


Downgrade to X7.2 I had problems with the ALT key (among other things, 
like speed switching virtual desktops) with X7.3.  Google for it, you 
will see some people as irritated as you :-)

Saludos,

Nathan England escribió:
>
> I have tested with twm and it works just fine. I am using X 7.3, but 
> I've had no problems in the past with other desktop environments.
>
> I think it may have to do with the click speed, because I do not need 
> to double click anything only single click to open programs or folders 
> in thunar, and a single click on the title bar will maximize it. I 
> turned down the double click speed in xfce, but it made zero difference.
>
> If I click on 'File Edit View' or any other menu bar option in most 
> apps it appears then goes away, as if i double clicked.
>
> I'm starting to get irritated past the point of caring! this shouldn't 
> be so compliacted to get Xfce working! What could I have missed?
>
> nathan
>
> On Tuesday 19 August 2008 12:03:49 you wrote:
>
> > Do you test your X with another window manager? Which X version do you
>
> > have? I had problems with X7.3 (it's buggy with the keyboard)
>
> >
>
> > I also have a LFS, and xfce works pretty good.
>
> >
>
> > Nathan England escribió:
>
> > > I built all the core packages for xfce4, I started with startx and
>
> > > everything loads beautifully, except I cannot move any windows! I can
>
> > > hold ALT and right click and resize windows, but clicking on the title
>
> > > bar or holding ALT and moving them like normal does not do anything!!!
>
> > >
>
> > > Any ideas?
>
> > >
>
> > > I built xfwm4 with this>
>
> > >
>
> > > ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc 
> --libexecdir=/usr/lib/xfce4 \
>
> > >
>
> > > --localstatedir=/var --mandir=/usr/man \
>
> > >
>
> > > --enable-shared --enable-compositor --enable-xsync --with-x
>
> > >
>
> > > make && make install
>
> > >
>
> > > Which worked just fine. I'm running an LFS type system.
>
> > >
>
> > > Nathan
>
> > >
>
> > > 
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Oliver Etchebarne Bejarano
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