border-only ghost window blocking mouse clicks
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At some point (I don't remember when it started), some kind of ghost window appeared that only has a border (displays as rounded but behaves as rectangular), blocks mouse clicks, and won't disappear when I minimize all windows.
What might this be, what might have caused this, and most importantly, how might I be able to get rid of this?
Here is some additional information that might help diagnose the issue:
- This does not seem to affect the lock screen.
- The behavior with the Alt-Tab window switcher is very strange when I click on a window:
- If the I click outside the ghost window, it immediately switches to the window I clicked on.
- If the I click inside the ghost window, it immediately closes the window switcher, but doesn't open the new window until I move my mouse outside the ghost window. The final position of my mouse doesn't seem to matter.
- I'm using Xfce version 4.18 with GTK version 3.24.37, as part of Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm).
- I have xserver-xorg version 1:7.7+23 and xserver-xorg-core version 2:21.1.7-3.
- The panel at the top of my screen doesn't respond to mouse clicks, but the data it displays does update, and the apps menu works when I activate it with a keyboard shortcut.
- Here is the output of
xwininfo -d :0 -all
after clicking on the ghost window:
xwininfo: Window id: 0x1b75612 "xfce4-panel"
Root window id: 0x6d1 (the root window) (has no name)
Parent window id: 0x6d1 (the root window) (has no name)
1 child:
0x1b75613 (has no name): () 1x1+-1+-1 +2926+461
Absolute upper-left X: 2927
Absolute upper-left Y: 462
Relative upper-left X: 2927
Relative upper-left Y: 462
Width: 328
Height: 637
Depth: 32
Visual: 0x6ba
Visual Class: TrueColor
Border width: 0
Class: InputOutput
Colormap: 0x1a00002 (not installed)
Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
Backing Store State: NotUseful
Save Under State: yes
Map State: IsViewable
Override Redirect State: yes
Corners: +2927+462 -585+462 -585-341 +2927-341
-geometry 328x637+2927+462
Bit gravity: NorthWestGravity
Window gravity: NorthWestGravity
Backing-store hint: NotUseful
Backing-planes to be preserved: 0xffffffff
Backing pixel: 0
Save-unders: Yes
Someone wants these events:
KeyPress
KeyRelease
ButtonPress
ButtonRelease
EnterWindow
LeaveWindow
PointerMotion
ButtonMotion
Exposure
VisibilityChange
StructureNotify
FocusChange
PropertyChange
Do not propagate these events:
Override redirection?: Yes
Window manager hints:
Client accepts input or input focus: Yes
Initial state is Normal State
Window type:
Popup Menu
Process id: 2661 on host
Normal window size hints:
Program supplied minimum size: 328 by 637
Program supplied maximum size: 328 by 637
Program supplied base size: 0 by 0
Program supplied window gravity: NorthWestGravity
No zoom window size hints defined
No window shape defined
No border shape defined
- Here is the output of xwininfo -d :0 -all
after clicking on the panel at the top of the screen:
xwininfo: Window id: 0x1a00003 "xfce4-panel"
Root window id: 0x6d1 (the root window) (has no name)
Parent window id: 0x1200587 (has no name)
4 children:
0x1a0000e (has no name): () 90x50+1190+0 +3750+416
1 child:
0x2800003 "wrapper-2.0": ("wrapper-2.0" "Wrapper-2.0") 90x50+0+0 +3750+416
1 child:
0x2800004 (has no name): () 1x1+-1+-1 +3749+415
0x1a0000d (has no name): () 69x50+1121+0 +3681+416
1 child:
0x2600003 "wrapper-2.0": ("wrapper-2.0" "Wrapper-2.0") 69x50+0+0 +3681+416
4 children:
0x2600029 (has no name): () 22x22+24+1 +3705+417
1 child:
0x1c00003 "xfce4-power-manager": ("xfce4-power-manager" "Xfce4-power-manager") 22x22+0+0 +3705+417
1 child:
0x1c00004 (has no name): () 1x1+-1+-1 +3704+416
0x2600019 (has no name): () 22x22+0+26 +3681+442
1 child:
0x3000003 "Ethernet network connection “Wired connection 1” active": ("nm-applet" "Nm-applet") 22x22+0+0 +3681+442
1 child:
0x3000004 (has no name): () 1x1+-1+-1 +3680+441
0x260000a (has no name): () 22x22+0+1 +3681+417
1 child:
0xc00010 "IBus Panel": ("ibus-ui-gtk" "ibus-ui-gtk") 22x22+0+0 +3681+417
1 child:
0xc00011 (has no name): () 1x1+-1+-1 +3680+416
0x2600004 (has no name): () 1x1+-1+-1 +3680+415
0x1a0000c (has no name): () 254x50+695+0 +3255+416
1 child:
0x2400003 "wrapper-2.0": ("wrapper-2.0" "Wrapper-2.0") 254x50+0+0 +3255+416
1 child:
0x2400004 (has no name): () 1x1+-1+-1 +3254+415
0x1a00004 (has no name): () 1x1+-1+-1 +2559+415
Absolute upper-left X: 2560
Absolute upper-left Y: 416
Relative upper-left X: 0
Relative upper-left Y: 0
Width: 1280
Height: 51
Depth: 32
Visual: 0x6ba
Visual Class: TrueColor
Border width: 0
Class: InputOutput
Colormap: 0x1a00002 (not installed)
Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
Backing Store State: NotUseful
Save Under State: no
Map State: IsViewable
Override Redirect State: no
Corners: +2560+416 -0+416 -0-973 +2560-973
-geometry 1280x51-0+416
Bit gravity: NorthWestGravity
Window gravity: NorthWestGravity
Backing-store hint: NotUseful
Backing-planes to be preserved: 0xffffffff
Backing pixel: 0
Save-unders: No
Someone wants these events:
KeyPress
KeyRelease
ButtonPress
ButtonRelease
EnterWindow
LeaveWindow
PointerMotion
ButtonMotion
Exposure
VisibilityChange
StructureNotify
FocusChange
PropertyChange
Do not propagate these events:
Override redirection?: No
Window manager hints:
Client accepts input or input focus: Yes
Initial state is Normal State
Displayed on all desktops
Window type:
Dock
Window state:
Sticky
Skip Pager
Skip Taskbar
Focused
Process id: 2661 on host
Frame extents: 0, 0, 0, 0
Normal window size hints:
Program supplied minimum size: 1280 by 51
Program supplied maximum size: 1280 by 51
Program supplied base size: 0 by 0
Program supplied window gravity: StaticGravity
No zoom window size hints defined
No window shape defined
No border shape defined
Here are some screenshots to illustrate how it behaves as I change display settings. It's not really visible in the thumbnails; click on them to see the full-size versions.



Asked by Solomon Ucko
(147 rep)
Oct 15, 2023, 07:59 PM
Last activity: Nov 11, 2023, 01:59 AM
Last activity: Nov 11, 2023, 01:59 AM