address field in compose message window corrupted after screen saver

[Uwe Schilling]

Binary package hint: thunderbird

Steps to reproduce the bug:
-- open a "compose message" window and set the cursor in the address field without typing anything
-- wait until the screen saver becomes active
-- move mouse to deactivate screen saver
-- try typing the first letter of an address

bug description:
instead of proposing a list of addresses from the address book, the address which should be on top of the proposal list is immediately entered.

If one minimizes the window and then remaximizes it, the regular behavior is restored.

I suspect a connection to a firefox bug reported here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.5/+bug/438868 , since I experience both bugs and the their pathology is very similar.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Mar 16 21:10:41 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: thunderbird 2.0.0.23+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.57-generic
SourcePackage: thunderbird
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686

[Mitch Towner (kermiac)]

I can confirm the behaviour as described above on an up-to-date Lucid install.

$ uname -a
Linux mitch-lucid 2.6.32-16-generic #25-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 9 16:33:52 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

$ sudo apt-cache policy thunderbird
thunderbird:
  Installed: 3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I am also able to reproduce bug #438868, so this *may* be related

$ sudo apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
  Installed: 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu6
  Candidate: 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu6
  Version table:
 *** 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu6 0
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to review all reported bugs in a timely manner. You reported this bug some time ago and there have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time.

Do you still see a problem related to the one that you reported in a currently supported version of Ubuntu? Please let us know if you do and in which version of Ubuntu otherwise this report can be left to expire in approximately 60 days time.

Thank you for helping make Ubuntu better.

Paul White
[Ubuntu Bug Squad]

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for thunderbird (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]