xmonad: a tiling window manager

codesite | 13 Jun 2012 23:56

Issue 509 in xmonad: Sometimes cannot switch focus using keyboard shortcuts

Status: New
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New issue 509 by dcl...@...: Sometimes cannot switch focus
using  
keyboard shortcuts
http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=509

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Launch terminal
2. Launch another program using Mod-S-p
3. Try to switch window focus using M-S-j

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Window should switch focus. Window does not switch focus. Need to use mouse  
to regain control of focus.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
xmonad 0.10. Ubuntu Precise.

Are you using an xmonad.hs?  Please attach it and the output of "xmonad
--recompile".

No output of xmonad --recompile. File is attached.

Please provide any additional information below.

The problem seems to happen intermittently and cannot always be reproduced.

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codesite | 8 Dec 2012 19:41

Re: Issue 509 in xmonad: Sometimes cannot switch focus using keyboard shortcuts


Comment #1 on issue 509 by jeffa...@...: Sometimes cannot
switch  
focus using keyboard shortcuts
http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=509

Likely the same bug as  
https://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=97. In particular, see  
comment 25 on that bug.

This bug is also reproducible using Greg's method:
* create two terminal windows
* continuously switch between them by holding M-S-j
* xmonad stops responding to keyboard input within about 30 seconds

His workaround also seems to work here: comment out your "logHook =  
dynamicLogWithPP $ xmobarPP" section in xmonad.hs.

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codesite | 8 Dec 2012 19:48

Re: Issue 509 in xmonad: Sometimes cannot switch focus using keyboard shortcuts


Comment #2 on issue 509 by daniel.w...@...: Sometimes cannot
switch  
focus using keyboard shortcuts
http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=509

See also  
http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Frequently_asked_question#XMonad_is_frozen.21  
(and apologies for not linking this earlier). For some reason I never saw  
this bug get created -- must have just skipped it while reading my mail.