X and Fluxbox :: [dsl0.9.3]Xvesa & firefox : keyboard trouble

[ my very awful english translation below]

when i modify my .xinitrc, to desactivate fluxbox, & use firefox instead like that
$ cat .xinitrc
/usr/local/bin/firefox/firefox
$ startx
after a while (on p166mmx ;-) ) firefox goes on, but i cannot use my keyboard, no trouble with my mouse.
for example, if i want to type 'google.fr' in the url bar : nothing occurs

Note if in the .xinitrc, i put xterm instead firefox , then startx, i can write some text in the xterm (/usr/local/bin/firefox/firefox to !!!)

might be something buggy in firefox. I seem to recall hearing about similar behavior in other distros as well. I'll check this out in a little while and see if i can recreate the problem.

I tried it out and got the same result as you. Seems to be a bug in firefox maybe?

Also noticed that some of the firefox dialog boxes don't have a close button....no way to close them without a window manager =o(

I, also, have that problem from time to time. Most of the time, it is remedied by using alt+tab to change between windows, maybe even have to do it a few times. I know that is not a technical solution, but it works for me.

you can't switch between windows if you have no window manager running =o)

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