[gentoo-user] Cedega no keyboard input

[gentoo-user] Cedega no keyboard input

[Gyuszk]

Hello Gentoo and Cedega/Wine/WineX users,

    I'm playing a couple of games with Cedega (latest 5.2.10). My
problem: when using Cedega under X11+Gnome (or whatever window manager),
when I start a game (Warcraft III ROC, GTA San Andreas, Steam + CS 1.6,
whatever), there is no keyboard input. I can use mouse, but no keyboard
at all. If I run a game in a desktop window (for example 800x600
window), everything's fine. But running games in a little window is a
pain as you all know...
    When I run Cedega without any gnome/metacity/fluxbox (minimal X11
session with xterm), everythings fine, Cedega gets focus for keyboard.
I'm trying to google the problem. I'm searching the web, explicitly
gentoo and ubuntu forums (these 2 are very big).
    All I found out that cedega loses keyboard focues when it was
started in a gnome/kde/any windowsmanager environment, gets focus when
started from pure x11 session with xterm.
    It is a workaround, that I run games from a pure x11 session, but...
Can you tell me how to fix this keyboard issue? Is there any chance to
get it workin'?
Thanks a lot.

Gyuszk
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Re: [gentoo-user] Cedega no keyboard input

[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.]

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On Wednesday 28 February 2007, Gyuszk <hangcsapda@gmail.com> wrote 
about '[gentoo-user] Cedega no keyboard input':
>     I'm playing a couple of games with Cedega (latest 5.2.10). My
> problem: when using Cedega under X11+Gnome (or whatever window manager),
> when I start a game (Warcraft III ROC, GTA San Andreas, Steam + CS 1.6,
> whatever), there is no keyboard input. I can use mouse, but no keyboard
> at all

I was encountering a similar issue w/ my Cedega installation.  It happened 
after I turned up my KDE "Focus stealing prevention" level.  I was able to 
work around the problem by (after cedega had started the full-screen game) 
using alt-tab (or similar shortcut) to manually select to "DirectX HAL" 
(?) window.  I was able to fix the problem by turning down that "Focus 
stealing prevention".

HTH but YMMV.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Cedega no keyboard input

[Dan Farrell]

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:10:39 +0100
Gyuszk <hangcsapda@gmail.com> wrote:

It works for me under PWM,which uses mouse hover focus rather than
mouse click focus for windows.  Maybe that's the difference that
matters here - you don't have the window focused?  
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Re: [gentoo-user] Cedega no keyboard input

[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.]

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On Wednesday 28 February 2007, Dan Farrell <dan@spore.ath.cx> wrote 
about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Cedega no keyboard input':
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:10:39 +0100
> Gyuszk <hangcsapda@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It works for me under PWM,which uses mouse hover focus rather than
> mouse click focus for windows.  Maybe that's the difference that
> matters here - you don't have the window focused?

It certainly possible, because despite clicking on numerous WC3 menus my WM 
would never deliver focus to the app (under the conditions outlined in my 
other email).  I can't help but wonder if the way the DirectX HAL windows 
grab the mouse, the WMs never get click events?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Cedega no keyboard input

[Dan Farrell]

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:55:17 -0600
"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@volumehost.net> wrote:

> On Wednesday 28 February 2007, Dan Farrell <dan@spore.ath.cx> wrote 
> about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Cedega no keyboard input':
> > On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:10:39 +0100
> > Gyuszk <hangcsapda@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > It works for me under PWM,which uses mouse hover focus rather than
> > mouse click focus for windows.  Maybe that's the difference that
> > matters here - you don't have the window focused?
> 
> It certainly possible, because despite clicking on numerous WC3 menus
> my WM would never deliver focus to the app (under the conditions
> outlined in my other email).  I can't help but wonder if the way the
> DirectX HAL windows grab the mouse, the WMs never get click events?
> 
Well, cedega works fine for me under fluxbox, so I guess it's a gnome
setting or feature that's the most likely to be the issue.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Cedega no keyboard input

[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.]

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On Wednesday 28 February 2007 17:37:35 Dan Farrell wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:55:17 -0600
> "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@volumehost.net> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 28 February 2007, Dan Farrell <dan@spore.ath.cx> wrote
> > about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Cedega no keyboard input':
> > > On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:10:39 +0100
> > > Gyuszk <hangcsapda@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > It works for me under PWM
> >
> > It certainly possible, because despite clicking on numerous WC3 menus
> > my WM would never deliver focus to the app
>
> Well, cedega works fine for me under fluxbox

No gnome here, KDE 4 LIFE! ;)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Cedega no keyboard input

[Gyuszk]

Dan Farrell írta:
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:55:17 -0600
> "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@volumehost.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> On Wednesday 28 February 2007, Dan Farrell <dan@spore.ath.cx> wrote 
>> about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Cedega no keyboard input':
>>     
>>> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:10:39 +0100
>>> Gyuszk <hangcsapda@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> It works for me under PWM,which uses mouse hover focus rather than
>>> mouse click focus for windows.  Maybe that's the difference that
>>> matters here - you don't have the window focused?
>>>       
>> It certainly possible, because despite clicking on numerous WC3 menus
>> my WM would never deliver focus to the app (under the conditions
>> outlined in my other email).  I can't help but wonder if the way the
>> DirectX HAL windows grab the mouse, the WMs never get click events?
>>
>>     
> Well, cedega works fine for me under fluxbox, so I guess it's a gnome
> setting or feature that's the most likely to be the issue.
>   
Thanks boys for answers. Now it is certain that a Gnome setting must be
adjusted.
Just wonder what could it be...
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