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First post, by bubbelibubb

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Hi. Sometims when switching between fullscreen dosbox and playing the game in non-fullscreen mode, the keyboard stops working.
I can't really tell what I do to get this result, hard to tell, but someone here might have more ideas, and what to do about it?
Anyone?
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Reply 1 of 5, by wd

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Which dosbox version, which linux?
And does it happen to only some games?

Reply 2 of 5, by Qbix

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is the window still having focus ?
I sometimes have to click with the mouse.

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Reply 3 of 5, by `Moe`

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What else happens when the keyboard stops working? Some sreensavers behave badly, passive popups (like "XYZ has logged on to ICQ"-type messages) can mess with keyboard for a while, and other programs can try to capture the keyboard. Watch your desktop activities closely for anything that happens at the same time.

Reply 4 of 5, by bubbelibubb

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Gentoo Linux, dosbox 0.6.3 it is.

I'm only playing warlords 2 and wl2delux and I get them in both.

I think it might be related to me clicking in the game with the mouse when the game is not in focus and it's not fullscreened.
I'll try to find a better pattern .

Reply 5 of 5, by `Moe`

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That would be nice, since on my gentoo box, everything works nicely.