[Fluxbox-users] [fluxbox-users] Pidgin stuck at idle/away status

[Javier Vasquez]

Hi,

I use plain fluxbox with no DE. I also use pidgin.

I've noticed myself that pidgin goes to idle state, and never gets out of it.

My current configuration for status:

-------------
Report Idle Time: Based on keyboard or mouse use
Minutes before becoming idle: 5
[Enabled] Change to this status when idle: Away
Away Auto-Reply: Never
[Disabled] Use status from last exit at startup
Status to apply at startup: Available
-------------

I've played with the auto-reply unsuccessfully, and also with the
status from last exit, also unsuccessfully.

Weird thing though is that even though it starts @ available (given
the configuration), almost immediately it moves to idle/away.

If I force to "available", and then allow the configured amount of
time with no keyboard/mouse activity, then pidgin moves to idle/away
as expected.

But if I touch any key or move the mouse, it never goes back to
available. Not only I notice it, but also my contacts of course.

I use Arch, but I have partners using Arch but with DEs, and they
don't face this problems. So I'm wondering if this would be related
to something missing that fluxbox as a WM doesn't provide.

DBus is already running prior to starting fluxbox. So no problem with DBus...

Any hints?

[Antonio Paiva]

I do not use pidgin so this a wild guess... Have you tried with a different
version of pidgin? I think that it would be good to isolate the problem and
determine if it is pidgin or fluxbox related because, unless I
misunderstood it, it is not clear.
-Antonio

Post by Javier Vasquez
Hi,
I use plain fluxbox with no DE. I also use pidgin.
I've noticed myself that pidgin goes to idle state, and never gets out of it.
-------------
Report Idle Time: Based on keyboard or mouse use
Minutes before becoming idle: 5
[Enabled] Change to this status when idle: Away
Away Auto-Reply: Never
[Disabled] Use status from last exit at startup
Status to apply at startup: Available
-------------
I've played with the auto-reply unsuccessfully, and also with the
status from last exit, also unsuccessfully.
the configuration), almost immediately it moves to idle/away.
If I force to "available", and then allow the configured amount of
time with no keyboard/mouse activity, then pidgin moves to idle/away
as expected.
But if I touch any key or move the mouse, it never goes back to
available. Not only I notice it, but also my contacts of course.
I use Arch, but I have partners using Arch but with DEs, and they
don't face this problems. So I'm wondering if this would be related
to something missing that fluxbox as a WM doesn't provide.
DBus is already running prior to starting fluxbox. So no problem with DBus...
Any hints?
--
Javier
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