keyboard accessibility beep interacts poorly with compiz visual bell

[Martin Pool]

Binary package hint: compiz

If you set the "simulate simultaneous keypresses" setting in "keyboard preferences" then by default "beep when a modifier key is pressed" is also set as is Compiz "visual bell". This means that the whole window flashes every time a shift key is pressed, which is quite offputting.

There are instructions in http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=591937 to disable the visual bell, or within the keyboard settings dialog you can turn off audio feedback.

It's a bit confusing (though understandable in terms of implementation) that the keyboard accessibility stuff dialog talks only about audio feedback but Ubuntu disables this by default.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: compiz 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu15
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: a72aa433ee7cbc70b12a74f6938b856b
CheckboxSystem: bb422ca46d02494cdbc459927a98bc2f
CompizPlugins: [core,ccp,move,resize,place,decoration,dbus,mousepoll,gnomecompat,png,svg,imgjpeg,text,commands,neg,wall,snap,animation,scale,scaleaddon,expo,staticswitcher,regex,resizeinfo,workarounds,ezoom,vpswitch,fade,session]
Date: Tue May 25 13:24:49 2010
MachineType: LENOVO 76697DM
PackageArchitecture: all
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
PciDisplay: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 0c)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=/dev/mapper/hostname_ssd-root ro vga=792 rootdelay=10 quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.7.1-1ubuntu3
 libdrm2 2.4.18-1ubuntu3
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.1-3ubuntu5
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.0-1ubuntu5
SourcePackage: compiz
XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
dmi.bios.date: 09/19/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 7NET27WW (1.08 )
dmi.board.name: 76697DM
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7NET27WW(1.08):bd09/19/2007:svnLENOVO:pn76697DM:pvrThinkPadX61s:rvnLENOVO:rn76697DM:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 76697DM
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X61s
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = i686, kernel = 2.6.32-22-generic

[David Barth (dbarth)]

Only security issues are now being considered for this release of Compiz (0.8).