Mouse clicking freezes when loading QSynth

[gregrs-uk]

Thanks for writing and sharing LilyQuick. I've installed it on Debian Stretch and I'm using XFCE and xfce4-terminal.

When I run sudo ./lq, I get the usual printout of note lengths. However, if Qsynth is not running I am then unable to click successfully e.g. move my terminal window or switch to another application. I can move my mouse pointer normally, however. In order to regain proper control of the mouse, I have to press Ctrl-Alt-F1 to open a terminal, use ps aux to determine the pid of dbus-launch and kill this process. At this point, everything seems to work as it should.

(I'm getting some weird note names but I think this is a separate issue caused by the fact that I use the Colemak keyboard layout. I'll look into this.)

[palestrina]

Thanks for the report.

I've been thinking about dbus and the owner of qsynth (sometimes, it seems, extra instances of dbus are spawned when the owner is not set correctly). Did you remember to replace vaughan with your username in line 10 of Linux.lua? Otherwise if you run qsynth as root (like LilyQuick runs) it might make dbus' job easier.

Another possibility is it's connected somehow to this bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1387219

The Colemak keyboard is probably the source of weird note names. You could make an exceptions list in Auxillary_Stuff.lua (see line 191ff). I probably should document this bit better... let me know if you need help.

[gregrs-uk]

If it helps, I did remember to replace vaughan with my username and I'm not using gedit.

Thanks.

[abrock]

I replaced "vaughan" by my username.
If I start lily-q using "sudo ./lq" and type in my password my computer freezes and I have to kill dbus-launch.
If I start it by first getting a root sheel with su and then typing "./lq" it starts and works. I use Debian testing.

It took me a while to figure out that I have to change the input device if I want to use the Lgitech keyboard I usually connect to my Laptop when I'm at home, lily-q intercepts only one keyboard.