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compiz package

In gnome-session-fallback keyboard shortcut Alt+Tab doesn't work

Bug #1066413 reported by acspalmeiras
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This bug affects 8 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
compiz (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04

2) apt-cache policy gnome-session-fallback
gnome-session-fallback:
  Installed: 1:3.8.0-1ubuntu12.1
  Candidate: 1:3.8.0-1ubuntu12.1
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.8.0-1ubuntu12.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:3.8.0-1ubuntu11 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages

3) What is expected to happen is when one installs gnome-session-fallback, logs into this session, and clicks Alt+Tab, it switches between windows.

4) What happens instead is it doesn't. This is despite how in System Settings > Keyboard Shortcuts the "Switch Applications" is set to Alt+tab.

WORKAROUND: Install packages compiz-plugins compizconfig-settings-manager and in CompizConfig Settings Manager enable Application Switcher.

See original description
Tags: xenial
acspalmeiras (alexpalmeiras)
summary: - Alt+Tab
+ Gnome classic(with effects) "Alt+Tab"dosen't work
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote : Re: Gnome classic(with effects) "Alt+Tab"dosen't work

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

Changed in gnome-panel (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
acspalmeiras (alexpalmeiras)
security vulnerability: no → yes
security vulnerability: yes → no
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acspalmeiras (alexpalmeiras) wrote :

This bug also exists in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise,but I hope that it could be fixed for 12.10 Quantal.

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Adriano dos Santos Fernandes (adrianosf-gmail) wrote :

This bug does not happens in 12.04 for me.

Is there a workaround? This is a showstopper for my upgrade.

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Adriano dos Santos Fernandes (adrianosf-gmail) wrote :

I found the fix for this problem. Install compiz-plugins and enable "Static application switcher" in ccsm.

penalvch (penalvch)
description: updated
Changed in gnome-panel (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Triaged
tags: added: quantal trusty
removed: alt classic gnome tab
description: updated
description: updated
summary: - Gnome classic(with effects) "Alt+Tab"dosen't work
+ gnome-session-fallback "Alt+Tab"dosen't work
penalvch (penalvch)
summary: - gnome-session-fallback "Alt+Tab"dosen't work
+ In gnome-session-fallback keyboard shortcut Alt+Tab doesn't work
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Alberts Muktupāvels (muktupavels) wrote :

This is bug with compiz not gnome-panel. GNOME Panel itself does not know anything about 'Alt+Tab'.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-panel:
importance: Unknown → Low
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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Alberts Muktupāvels, thanks for the quick response. It would seem a downstream issue in that Ubuntu would need to have at least the package compiz-plugins a dependent of a gnome-session-fallback install, and the appropriate plugin bits enabled for Application Switcher.

affects: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) → compiz (Ubuntu)
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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Bug exists in Ubuntu 16.04. Fixed by CCSM.

tags: added: xenial
removed: quantal
penalvch (penalvch)
tags: added: quantal
Alberts Muktupāvels (muktupavels)
no longer affects: gnome-panel
Norbert (nrbrtx)
tags: removed: quantal trusty
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