Mouse right-click problem

[Freddy Jensen]

   >From: Bob Fulwiler <bobf "at" swamp.ns.cs.boeing.com>
   >Date: Thu Jun 22 2000 12:20pm
   >To:   VNC Mail List <vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com>
   >Subj: Mouse right-click problem
   >
   >Good Day Folks,
   >
   >I have a situation which I am hoping you can help me with.
   >
   >Environment:  vnc servers running on solaris 2.6; vnc viewers running on
   >solaris, WinNT, and
   >Win95/98.  Main application is HP OpenView/Network Node Manager.
   >
   >Problem:  When users right-click on an Openview map object (host,
   >router, etc.), they shoul be
   >presented with a dialog showing certain object properties.  This works
   >just fine in a native OV
   >window.  However, with VNC, the right click produces no results.  It
   >seems that the OV application is
   >not receiving the mouse event.
   >
   >Has anyone had a similar proble?  If so, how did you solve it?
   >
   >Thanks,
   >Bob
   >
   >--
   >Bob Fulwiler
   >UNIX System Administrator
   >425 865-4712
   >Bellevue Site Operations
   >


I have the exact same problem. I run the Xvnc server on a linux
machine. I connect with a viewer from either an NT machine, or
sometimes I run a simple X session on the same machine (the Linux
box) and run the viewer there, connecting to the Xvnc server running
in the background. In this last scenario the viewer/server use shared
memory for communicating so there is almost no speed penalty.

Oops, back to the original problem:  I run Zmail (a Motif mail
application) and it does not respond to right mouse clicks.
I have programmed Zmail with various pull-down menus hooked to
the right mouse button, but I can't get to them. When I run
Zmail in a normal X session (non-VNC) then I get the right-button
menus without problems.

It is interesting however, that in the root window in the VNC
session the window manager (twm) DOES get the right mouse button
events because the menu I created for it pops up.

I have not been able to solve this problem yet. I think there
might be a problem with the mouse button event forwarding from
the Xvnc server. The reason I think the problem is in the server
and not the viewer is that it happens in both the Windows viewer
and the X viewer.

Thanks

--
Freddy Jensen, Sr. Computer Scientist, Adobe Systems Incorporated
345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110-2704, USA, Ph: (408) 536-2869
Email: jensen "at" adobe.com, URL: http://www.adobe.com
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