Comment 34 for bug 703755

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Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz) wrote : Re: [Bug 703755] Re: Window movement key no longer works consistently

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 3:28 AM, Henrik Nyberg <email address hidden> wrote:
> The same problem appears when using <Ctrl><Alt>Button1 for cube
> rotation. It only triggers when you click outside the focused window.
> This bug disappeared for me while using a newly created user (for a
> clean configuration), but has since reappeared for that user as well. I
> haven't been able to pin down a specific configuration change that
> causes it, although I haven't made many changes in the compiz
> configuration.
>
> Shouldn't this bug have a higher importance attached? It's quite highly
> visible and a very annoying problem. Moving and resizing windows with
> Alt+mouse is very widely used I believe.

It is fixed in the latest updates.

>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/703755
>
> Title:
>  Window movement key no longer works consistently
>
> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “compiz” source package in Natty:
>  Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: compiz
>
>  Recent updates to Natty have cause the window movement key to work inconsistently.  It seems that if you have a window selected the movement key will not work on that window, but if you use it on an unselected window, it works.
>  ---
>  .proc.driver.nvidia.version:
>   NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  260.19.29  Wed Dec  8 12:08:56 PST 2010
>   GCC version:  gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-1ubuntu2)
>  Architecture: amd64
>  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/allscreens/options/active_plugins'
>  CompositorRunning: compiz
>  DistUpgraded: Yes, recently upgraded Log time: 2010-07-13 14:23:23.520412
>  DistroCodename: natty
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
>  DistroVariant: ubuntu
>  DkmsStatus:
>   virtualbox-ose, 3.2.12, 2.6.37-12-generic, x86_64: installed
>   nvidia-current, 260.19.29, 2.6.37-12-generic, x86_64: installed
>  GraphicsCard:   Subsystem: Device [196e:0593]
>  MachineType: HP-Pavilion NC692AA-ABA m9510f
>  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
>  Package: compiz 1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop4-0ubuntu2
>  PackageArchitecture: all
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
>   PATH=(custom, user)
>   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>   LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
>   SHELL=/bin/zsh
>  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-12-generic root=UUID=061a3724-99c9-44de-8862-e5ec3942ab6c ro vt.handoff=7 quiet splash
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37
>  Renderer: Hardware acceleration
>  Tags: natty natty ubuntu
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic x86_64
>  UnitySupportTest:
>
>  UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev pulse pulse-access rtkit sambashare video
>  dmi.bios.date: 12/16/2008
>  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
>  dmi.bios.version: 5.35
>  dmi.board.name: Benicia
>  dmi.board.vendor: PEGATRON CORPORATION
>  dmi.board.version: 1.01
>  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
>  dmi.chassis.type: 3
>  dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
>  dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
>  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr5.35:bd12/16/2008:svnHP-Pavilion:pnNC692AA-ABAm9510f:pvr:rvnPEGATRONCORPORATION:rnBenicia:rvr1.01:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
>  dmi.product.name: NC692AA-ABA m9510f
>  dmi.sys.vendor: HP-Pavilion
>  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.22-2ubuntu1
>  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.9+repack-1ubuntu3
>  version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu7
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.2-1ubuntu2
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.13.901-2ubuntu2
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A
>
>
>

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Sam Spilsbury