konsole lose focus

[Dinh-Tuan Pham]

Binary package hint: kdebase

It happens many times but not always that when I launch a application form the konsole window
or even when I switch window to another application window, I cannot return to the original konsole
window. It _appears_ that konsole has lost focus, although its window is hightlighted inddicating that
it has focus, konsole does not receive any keyboard input. It does not response to, even echo to, what
I type. But konsole is not freezed: minimizing the konsole window and then restoring it then everything
is OK again.

System kubuntu karmi, kde 4.3.2

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Nov 16 15:40:29 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: konsole 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: kdebase
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Hi there!

Thanks for reporting this bug! Your bug seems to be a problem with the KDE program itself, and not with our KDE packages. While we appreciate your issue, it would be better if it was tracked at https://bugs.kde.org, so that the KDE developers can deal with this speedily and have direct communication with you as the reporter for more effective debugging.

Thanks!

[James Cuzella (trinitronx)]

I am seeing this In Ubuntu using the Gnome desktop as well. The konsole window gets into a state where it appears that it has focus, but does not respond to keyboard input, and has a 'hollow cursor'. The way I ran into it was by using multiple konsole windows on different desktops and switching between them.

I have found a quick way to reproduce this state in Ubuntu Natty 11.04 while using compiz and the wall desktop:

1. On desktop 1, open konsole
1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Down to switch to desktop 2
2. Open another konsole window and maximize it
3. Press Ctrl+Alt+Up and click the 1st konsole window so it has focus
4. Alternate between the desktops using the Ctrl+Alt+ [ Up / Down ] Arrows
5. Eventually, one of the windows will appear with a hollow cursor and not respond to keyboard input

The 'hollow cursor' is evidence that the window has indeed lost focus, as evidenced by this changelog entry:

"Hollow out cursor when losing focus." ( Reference: http://konsole.kde.org/changelogfull.php )

Ideally, we would want the correct konsole window to have focus, depending on which desktop we are on. I am not sure if this is a bug with the compiz window manager, or with konsole.