Created attachment 318574 [details] output of $ emerge --info With x11-libs/gtk+-2.24.11 installed, recent versions of net-im/pidgin refuse any keyboard input whatsoever - hotkeys, conversations, send message won't work. Downgrading gtk+ to 2.24.10-r1 solves the problem, whereas installing different versions of pidgin does not.
More details are needed about your desktop env setup needed, cause works just fine here.
Have you tried restarting your X-server after updating gtk+? I was hit by this problem as well but it disappeared after I restarted X.
(In reply to comment #2) > Have you tried restarting your X-server after updating gtk+? I was hit by > this problem as well but it disappeared after I restarted X. Yes, I restarted pidgin, later X, then even rebuilt world and did a quick kexec... Within the same X session, toggling the gtk+ version toggles the issue as well.
(In reply to comment #1) > More details are needed about your desktop env setup needed, cause works > just fine here. Maybe I messed something up. I'm running ~amd64 and my GUI setup basically consists of X.org-1.12.3 w/ fluxbox-9999 and some more live ebuilds in the area of libdrm, mesa, and a few dependencies. Any change, restart or rebuild did not make a difference, except for the gtk+ downgrade. I specifically checked, updated to 2.24.11 again, restarted and connected pidgin, no keys. Back to 2.24.10-r1, fire up pidgin again, works like a charm. I am really puzzled, for now I masked the critical version just so I don't inadvertently update to that any time soon. I'm a bit used to development so I might as well build a few packages with debug info and provide core dumps, although I'd rather not make my in-memory IM service credentials publicly available :( Thanks for the replies so far. If I am the only one seeing this, something may be at odds with my setup. I could not find a report of similar misbehaviour anywhere, and a downgrade avoids the problem, so first of all I wanted to share this info and ideally help sorting out a speed bump.
I'm having similar trouble with gajim. I'm also running ~amd64, but without any meaningful live ebuilds. After changing my status from available to away, gajim doesn't accept any keyboard input, unminizing the roster from tray doesn't work either. Downgrading to =x11-libs/gtk+-2.24.10-r1 also fixes this for me.
Comment 5 changes things - I can reproduce that in pidgin (that is after changing status, some widget grabs focus preventing input). Most likely culprits are http://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/commit/?h=gtk-2-24&id=b32a9eb691920f21ad3b9127c833aaba15727c4b and http://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/commit/?h=gtk-2-24&id=8da54b81182af2d56230de22c0e00a5aba9ab442. Anyone up to testing which one was it ?
(In reply to comment #6) > Comment 5 changes things - I can reproduce that in pidgin (that is after > changing status, some widget grabs focus preventing input). > > Most likely culprits are > http://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/commit/?h=gtk-2- > 24&id=b32a9eb691920f21ad3b9127c833aaba15727c4b and > http://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/commit/?h=gtk-2- > 24&id=8da54b81182af2d56230de22c0e00a5aba9ab442. > > Anyone up to testing which one was it ? I'll inject a patch reverting either of those into the ebuild and test each of them tomorrow during the day. Thanks a lot for the pointers!
(In reply to comment #6) Actually, the culprit appears to be http://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/commit/?h=gtk-2-24&id=3f6592f60fd15fb353fc84600caefba3054dc892 I've reported the bug upstream at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=680346
(In reply to comment #8) > (In reply to comment #6) > > Actually, the culprit appears to be > http://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/commit/?h=gtk-2- > 24&id=3f6592f60fd15fb353fc84600caefba3054dc892 > > I've reported the bug upstream at > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=680346 Odd, after I reproduced the bug, I was able to get the keyboard unstuck by opening the menu with mouse. Though the code before that commit did call _gdk_xgrab_check_unmap...
Fixed in gtk+-2.24.11-r1. Thanks for reporting! >*gtk+-2.24.11-r1 (20 Jul 2012) > > 20 Jul 2012; Alexandre Rostovtsev <tetromino@gentoo.org> > +gtk+-2.24.11-r1.ebuild, +files/gtk+-2.24.11-stuck-grab.patch: > Fix stuck keyboard grab in pidgin and gajim (bug #427148, thanks to Christian > Trefzer, Rafał Mużyło, shinydoofy).
That did the trick. Thanks a bunch folks!
