Comment 1 for bug 118905

I am running the same versions of deskbar and Beryl and can confirm this bug. A workaround is found here:

http://forum.beryl-project.org/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=3306

You just change your level of Focus Stealing Prevention in Beryl to "None." It worked for me, but worry that it may have some unwanted focus-stealing consequences in other applications.