From f7c595ff18a108fe9dc0ad620318b9ddf41932d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Owen W. Taylor" <otaylor@fishsoup.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:11:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Ignore client messages sent to override-redirect windows

If someone asks us to close, maximize, etc, an override-redirect
window, just ignore the request.

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=582639
---
 src/core/window.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/core/window.c b/src/core/window.c
index 29eee4d5c..6c5f4858c 100644
--- a/src/core/window.c
+++ b/src/core/window.c
@@ -5227,6 +5227,16 @@ meta_window_client_message (MetaWindow *window,
 
   display = window->display;
 
+  if (window->override_redirect)
+    {
+      /* Don't warn here: we could warn on any of the messages below,
+       * but we might also receive other client messages that are
+       * part of protocols we don't know anything about. So, silently
+       * ignoring is simplest.
+       */
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
   if (event->xclient.message_type ==
       display->atom__NET_CLOSE_WINDOW)
     {