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The Loko

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Registered: 2015-01-23

Posts: 11

[Solved] Game can't recover mouse on XFCE 4.14 after Alt+Tab

Hi!
Since I upgraded the desktop to 4.14 (Arch Linux) when playing ETLegacy if Alt+Tab is used then the mouse doesn't work in game (the game cursor doesn't move, and the desktop one is shown), and the game starts running slow (like limited to 10FPS), but the keyboard works fine.

It doesn't matter if the game is on full screen or windowed. I tried to reproduce this behavior with other games or full screen apps but it never happens.
The problem is "solved" downgrading XFCE or using another WM/DE.

What could be the reason? How could I start debugging this?
Thanks

Last edited by The Loko (2019-08-18 18:56:22)

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: [Solved] Game can't recover mouse on XFCE 4.14 after Alt+Tab

Does this happen with any other apps?

I guess the best way to troubleshoot this would be to do a git bisect to try to identify the offending commit. At least point to the culprit. Creating a bug report might also get the attention of the developer.

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The Loko

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Registered: 2015-01-23

Posts: 11

Re: [Solved] Game can't recover mouse on XFCE 4.14 after Alt+Tab

Thanks!
After bisecting xfwm4 I noticed that the culprit was another package I upgraded that day, SDL libraries, downgrading that one the game works fine on XFCE 4.14!