Ubuntu
gnome-panel package

Gnome focus problem / hanging

Bug #576059 reported by X181 on 2010-05-05

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #578040: Clicking on touchpad lock/unlock button locks up keyboard. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-panel (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-panel

Description: A control, most likely the top gnome-panel, gets and keeps the focus. Until now i didn't found a way to bring the control somehow to release the focus again, except a reboot or probably log out - log in .

The behaviour exists since the upgrade from 9.04 to 10.04. Since the 2010-04-29 it is occured three times.

To reproduce: Unknown, the last time i worked in firefox (i don't think there is a relation)

Detailed behaviour:
- Keyboard input is on control, its not possible to enter text somewhere
- Its possible to open desktop icons, etc with the mouse
- Its not possible to move a window with the mouse
- Its possible to close windows with the mouse
- Its not possible to open gnome-panel items like menu, wlan, bluetooth, etc
- Its not possible to switch windows with alt + tab
- In the top gnope-panel there is alway a item marked (Applications, Places, System, wlan, bluetooth, etc)
- Its possible to open the calendar in the panel

gnome-panel-version: 1:2.30.0-0ubuntu1

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gnome-panel 1:2.30.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: d042895e1804cbb4c388d3770c082a68
CheckboxSystem: 01c13a1503b0033083713bdef52f8817
Date: Wed May 5 22:57:10 2010
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-panel

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X181 (olag-2) wrote on 2010-05-05:

Dependencies.txt Edit (8.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GConfNonDefault.txt Edit (771 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Sebastien Bacher (seb128) on 2010-05-06

affects:

gnome-panel (Ubuntu) → compiz (Ubuntu)

Travis Watkins (amaranth) on 2010-05-06

affects:

compiz (Ubuntu) → gnome-panel (Ubuntu)

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X181 (olag-2) wrote on 2010-05-11:

How can i provide additional information to this bug. Is it anyhow possible to activate a log or a debug mode?

Thanks

X181 (olag-2) on 2010-05-20

Changed in gnome-panel (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed
status:	Confirmed → New

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-02-04:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gnome-panel (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Kip Warner (kip) wrote on 2012-02-04:

X181, I've been having exactly the same problem and it has been driving me nuts. I'm using Maverick (amd64). I see this bug is marked as a duplicate of #578040, but I question its relevance because I am using an external keyboard nowhere near my touch pad.

X181, I wonder if it may have something to do with our peripherials? I am using a Razer Lachesis mouse and a Razer Lycosa keyboard.

I did, however, find a workaround today. If you can break into a virtual terminal or shell into the machine from elsewhere, kill gnome-settings-daemon and then restart the process. Input focus is restored.