wine users - Jun 2011 - Keyboard stops working after any mouse click

Here's a rundown of versions, in case any of it is important:

Wine: 1.3.21
Kernel: 2.6.39 (Gentoo r1)
X.Org X server: 1.10.2
Window manager: musca (0.9.24)

I'm using the default xorg.conf settings.

When I run any program in wine (notepad, for example), the keyboard stops
working after I click the mouse. I can type to my heart's content as long as
I don't use the mouse.

However, the moment I click, I will not be able to type anything again (this
includes dialog boxes).

Furthermore, in some programs (usually games: e.g. starcraft), the keyboard
won't work at all, even before I click the mouse.

There are no keyboard-related error messages. The only consistent error message
is some variation of this -- usually twice or more:


Code:
fixme:event:wait_for_withdrawn_state window 0x30038/1400007 wait timed out



Any ideas? Thanks!
Matt

I'm using a laptop, by the way, and plugging in a USB keyboard makes no
difference at all.

Also, adding --without-xinput2 has no effect.

Hi Matt,

I'm quite sure, you didn't do anything wrong. No answer on this list
usually means that noone knows an obvious solution for your problem. Wine 1.2.3
is way too old, there have been many improvements since then.

You might try another window manager like KDE or Gnome or even another linux
distribution. Maybe some mainstream linux like opensuse works better with your
notebook and wine.

Thanks!

I just got it working; it turns out the problem was the window manager. Musca is
a tiling window manager, but it has a stacking mode. If I switch to stacking
mode, the issue goes away completely.

Thanks again!
Matt

P.S. I reinstalled 1.3.21 [Wink]