Re: Problem with focus in Metacard windows on SGI system 5.2

Boyd Sweeney (starnet!apple!puzzler.nichols.com!sweeneyb)
Thu, 26 May 1994 07:50:45 -0500

>>We have just upgraded to the latest system 5.2 on our Silicon Graphics
>>machines, and now we sometimes have a problem grabbing focus with
>>some Metacard windows. This happens with both the SGI 4Dwm and the
>>generic mwm window managers.
>>
>
>I have had exactly the same problem under OpenWindows 2 and 3 running on
>Suns (of course), and the symptoms are identical. Curiously mwm never seems
>to cause any problems. (???)
>
I typically use OpenWindows 3. Occasionally, I'll encounter a MetaCard
window that doesn't want to accept the focus. Selecting the desktop
"refresh" option usually fixes the problem.

I had a lot more problems under OpenWindows 2. In particular, the message
box would sometimes refuse the focus. If refreshing the desktop and
closing/ re-opening the message box failed, my only recourse was to restart
MetaCard.

I don't recall ever seeing this problem on our Indigo. But then again
we're not running the latest system software.

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