#478664 xrootconsole opens a window on top of the root window

Package:
xrootconsole
Source:
xrootconsole
Description:
Fancy X console display
Submitter:
Louis-David Mitterrand
Date:
2022-04-27 18:51:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#478664#5
Date:
2008-04-30 07:22:40 UTC
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Hi,

I don't remember at which point (because I seldom use them) openbox
menus stopped working. Clicking on any mouse buttons does not make a
menu appear. This is on all my sid boxes.

I'm using xdm with an ~/.xsession and "exec openbox".

My openbox config is available at:

http://zenon.apartia.fr/stuff/rc.xml.txt

Thanks,

#478664#10
Date:
2008-04-30 10:09:03 UTC
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Hi Louis,
* Louis-David Mitterrand <ldm@apartia.fr> [2008-04-30 12:05]:
Hi,

Do you use xrootconsole?
Cheers
Nico

#478664#15
Date:
2008-04-30 10:18:48 UTC
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Yes! Oh shit, is this a xrootconsole bug? I'd hate to have to chose
between openbox an xrootconsole :)

I just whitelisted you, so mail should go through now.

Thanks,

#478664#20
Date:
2008-04-30 10:28:40 UTC
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retitle 478664 xrootconsole opens a window on top of the root window
severity 473715 grave
severity 473714 grave
severity 478664 grave
merge 473715 473714 478664
thanks

Hi,
* Louis-David Mitterrand <ldm@apartia.fr> [2008-04-30 12:22]:
See: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473714
I raised the severity of this to RC now as this seems to
affect multiple people and xrootconsole is totally broken
here. Check out root-tail, maybe that works for you too :)

Thanks!
Cheers
Nico

#478664#33
Date:
2008-05-01 23:24:04 UTC
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severity 478664 normal
tags 478664 +wontfix

The only way to fix this would be to re-write xrootconsole, so if this
behavior is not acceptable, I recommend using root-tail instead.