On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 16:58:01 -0600 "Marc McGarry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> I'm having an issue with desklock and VMWare. > > I have VMWare setup to grab keyboard and mouse focus using VMWare > Tools. Basically, when I move the mouse into the VMWare window, it > gets key+mouse control and when I mouse out of it, it loses the focus > and E17 then gets key+mouse control. > > Now, when the DeskLock screensaver kicks in and locks the screen, it > isn't getting the keyboard access if my mouse was last in VMWare. mmm - good point. > I don't know if this can be worked around using DeskLock or if it's > just something I'm going to have to live with when using VMWare. Would > it be possible to add a setting to force mouse and key focus to a > specific window or desk area? Or move the mouse to 0,0 of the current > window before locking? well we cant BREAK the existing grab (vmware literally grabs the mouse and keyboard - it doesn't just allow normal focus and mouse events to work in this situation) without: 1. unmapping (hiding) the window that has the grab OR 2. literally killing the x client (or destroying the window) that has the grab. problem is... x doesn't provide a way to find out what window has the keyboard or mouse grab. desklock needs to try do this: 1. actually try hide all windows (unmap them) which will (hopefully) break any existing keyboard and mouse grabs 2. actually check if the keyboard and mouse grabs fail or succeed - if they fail try a few times in a row (with small pauses) to get them - if this fails display an error dialog and don't lock. this should mean your desktop doesn't become locked up at any rate. > I believe the problem is that the lock is occurring and cannot get > keyboard control because VMWare has it, but it DOES get mouse control, > resulting in a disconnect preventing VMWare from giving up keyboard > control. > > Thanks and great work with the desk lock stuff! > > --Marc > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd_______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
