[xmonad] Cntr-F not working in several apps and Chrome has no menubar
Gregory Propf
gpropf at gmail.com
Thu Mar 30 21:55:32 UTC 2017
Well I now feel stupid. I did just that before reading your message and
looking over my .xbindkeysrc file. I had looked before and found something
that might have been a problem so I commented it out and re-ran xbindkeys
and restarted Xmonad. It didn't help. Just after installing xdotool so I
could list out passive grabs I decided to grep for xbindkeys processes. I
realized that the now days-old xbindkeys that had started the last time I
rebooted and logged in was still running. I had thought that xbindkeys was
just a thing that ran, changed some things in X and then died. The original
process must have initiated a passive grab on Ctrl-f and was holding on to
it. A simple 'killall xbindkeys' later and my beloved Ctrl-f is working
everywhere. I'm still glad I made the effort because the Arduino IDE is now
much easier to use in general and any other Java stuff should benefit as
well. I also learned of the existence of this "passive grab" nonsense in X.
Thanks for all your help on this Brandon.
On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 12:37 PM, Brandon Allbery <allbery.b at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I'd work from a "ps" listing and make sure nothing else got started in the
> background. Depending on how the display manager is configured, it can
> start extra things (or occasionally leak them from the login session).
>
> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 3:08 PM, Gregory Propf <gpropf at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> That's what I thought. I shut down everything but Chrome and then
>> restarted Chrome too. Still no Ctrl-f in anything. This is quite a nasty
>> one. The only thing that really remains to suspect is my display manager
>> which is lightdm. I suppose maybe that could be the issue though I'm not
>> actually sure that display managers are even still interacting with the
>> session after the WM takes over. My lightdm config is pretty much
>> completely stock from the Arch repos as well. So anyway I'm now reading up
>> on passive and active grabs. I can't wait for Wayland to be more mature.
>> I'm supposing things like this would be less likely or at least easier to
>> track and fix.
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Brandon Allbery <allbery.b at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This is precisely how a passive key grab on (controlMask, xK_f) would
>>> behave. But since your config doesn't show one, likely some other program
>>> is grabbing it. Unfortunately there's no way to get xorg to say what keys
>>> are grabbed by what clients; all I can suggest is looking over what
>>> programs are running.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 5:17 AM, Gregory Propf <gpropf at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well I looked at the Java link and tried using the environment variable
>>>> fix they recommend (_JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1). It fixed the
>>>> terrible formatting I was seeing but so far still no Ctrl-f. Other hotkeys
>>>> like Ctrl-T (autoformatting) work fine though. Anyway that's definitely an
>>>> improvement. I know about the 3 dots on Chrome. That's how I get to the
>>>> "find" menu option. I just wish the hotkey worked. I think something is
>>>> really wrong with Ctrl-f for me. Running 'xbindkeys -k -v' and hitting
>>>> Ctrl-f in the window it pop up gives you:
>>>>
>>>> m:0x4 + c:37
>>>> Control + Control_L
>>>>
>>>> or with the right Ctrl key:
>>>>
>>>> m:0x4 + c:105
>>>> Control + Control_R
>>>>
>>>> Those are just the codes for the Ctrl keys alone though. It's like the
>>>> F isn't even being pressed. From other Ctrl keys I get correct codes.
>>>> Here's Ctrl-e for example.
>>>>
>>>> m:0x4 + c:26
>>>> Control + e
>>>>
>>>> The 'f' key works just fine though. It just won't do anything with the
>>>> Ctrl key. I just checked emacs and it doesn't work there either. It looks
>>>> like the Ctrl-f combo is just hosed for the entire desktop. I guess I could
>>>> start to suspect my keyboard but this problem started when I switched from
>>>> Ubuntu (Unity) to Arch (Xmonad). I also tried an ultra-minimal xmonad.hs to
>>>> rule out xmobar and some of the extensions I'm using and even tried taking
>>>> out the mod4Mask. Still no fix.
>>>>
>>>> import XMonad
>>>> import XMonad.Config.Desktop
>>>>
>>>> baseConfig = desktopConfig
>>>>
>>>> main = xmonad baseConfig
>>>> { terminal = "urxvt"
>>>> , modMask = mod4Mask
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> Very strange.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 9:18 PM, Brandon Allbery <allbery.b at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > You aren't binding control-F, so xmonad isn't the problem there. You
>>>> might try using xev to see what happens to it. Something else you are
>>>> running may have a passive grab on it, but xorg doesn't provide a way to
>>>> inspect passive grabs. :/
>>>> >
>>>> > The Arduino stuff is likely Java; see https://wiki.haskell.org/Xmona
>>>> d/Frequently_asked_questions#Problems_with_Java_applications
>>>> .2C_Applet_java_console
>>>> >
>>>> > Chrome doesn't normally have a menubar; but it may register its
>>>> dropdown (look for three vertical dots at the end of the location bar,
>>>> after any extension icons) with Unity's panel to fake one. You can't use
>>>> xmonad with Unity, so if you require Unity's menu bar hack then you will
>>>> need to run Unity. Chrome will hide some other parts of its UI if you have
>>>> "Use system title bar and borders" checked in the Appearance section of the
>>>> Settings tab.
>>>> >
>>>> > On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 12:05 AM, Gregory Propf <gpropf at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I've been looking around for others with these problem but haven't
>>>> found anything so far, much less a fix. The subject line sums up the
>>>> problems. Cntr-F isn't working in a few apps I use a lot. I think there are
>>>> others but the main ones are Google Chrome (Version 57.0.2987.98 (64-bit))
>>>> and the Arduino IDE (v 1.8.0). I'm running a recent install of Arch Linux
>>>> and Xmonad 0.13-1 from the Arch repository. I don't have a complex
>>>> xmonad.hs but I'll post it here. There are a few other glitches like the
>>>> fact that the menus in the Arduino IDE appear off to the side from the menu
>>>> labels but I can live with that. Being able to search is kind of important
>>>> though. What I do right now in both Chrome and Arduino IDE is click on the
>>>> file menu and then select "Find" from the drop-down menu. It's workable but
>>>> quite cumbersome. My Haskell skills are actually pretty good BTW so I'm not
>>>> afraid of the code. I'd even be willing to contribute at some point.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> import XMonad
>>>> >> import XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog
>>>> >> import XMonad.Hooks.ManageDocks
>>>> >> import XMonad.Util.Run(spawnPipe)
>>>> >> import XMonad.Util.EZConfig(additionalKeys)
>>>> >> import System.IO
>>>> >>
>>>> >> main = do
>>>> >> xmproc <- spawnPipe "/usr/bin/xmobar -d /home/gregory/.xmobarrc"
>>>> >> xmonad $ docks defaultConfig
>>>> >> -- xmonad $ defaultConfig
>>>> >> { manageHook = manageDocks <+> manageHook defaultConfig
>>>> >> , layoutHook = avoidStruts $ layoutHook defaultConfig
>>>> >> , logHook = dynamicLogWithPP xmobarPP
>>>> >> { ppOutput = hPutStrLn xmproc
>>>> >> , ppTitle = xmobarColor "green" "" . shorten
>>>> 50
>>>> >> }
>>>> >> , modMask = mod4Mask -- Rebind Mod to the Windows key
>>>> >> , terminal = "urxvt"
>>>> >> }
>>>> >>
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>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> > brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine
>>>> associates
>>>> > allbery.b at gmail.com
>>>> ballbery at sinenomine.net
>>>> > unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine
>>> associates
>>> allbery.b at gmail.com
>>> ballbery at sinenomine.net
>>> unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad
>>> http://sinenomine.net
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
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> associates
> allbery.b at gmail.com
> ballbery at sinenomine.net
> unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad
> http://sinenomine.net
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