Editor does not accept input after coming back from screensaver

Bug #586329 reported by Dan Buhrman
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Eclipse
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eclipse (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: eclipse

This is simple to reproduce. Start Eclipse, open a .java file, do some editing. Wait for the screensaver to come on the lock the screen. Move the mouse or whatever, type in your password, and then Eclipse will not accept any input. Minimize Eclipse, then maximize it, and you can edit again.

Not a very critical bug, just an annoyance.

Also, this did not seem to be an issue before 10.04.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: eclipse 3.5.2-2ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu May 27 08:11:14 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release Candidate i386 (20100419.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: eclipse
xulrunner-versions: /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2.3

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In , 5-seter-r (5-seter-r) wrote :

Build Identifier: M20090917-0800

When waking up after having gone into screen saver mode, Eclipse is unresponsive
to keystrokes. Mouse still works.

Workaround 1:
- switch workspace and back. I mean X workspaces, not Eclipse workspaces. Eg. CTRL-ALT-RIGHTARROW followed by CTRL-ALT_LEFTARROW.

Workaround 2:
- restart Eclipse

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start Eclipse and work a bit, then leave it alone until the screen saver kicks in (simple screen fading to black in my case). Make sure you have eg. an editor open (in my case a java file, but I don't think it matters).
2. Wake it up again eg. by moving the mouse
3. Try typing: it doesn't work!

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In , 5-seter-r (5-seter-r) wrote :

Some additional system info:
- Ubuntu 9.10 64bit (x86_64)

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In , Francis Upton (francisu) wrote :

Might this be related to the GTK changes with Karmic (I'm on Jaunty and have no trouble).

http://blog.export.be/2009/10/fixing-eclipse-for-ubuntu-karmic-koala-9-10/
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=287307

You might try the workaround suggested in the blog posting.

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In , 5-seter-r (5-seter-r) wrote :

I'm pretty confident it's not related to the GTK changes. I have the GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS workaround applied for over a month now, but that didn't help this issue at all. Moreover, I already had this problem when I was still on Jaunty and even before that. It's maybe x86_64 related?

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In , Francis Upton (francisu) wrote :

(In reply to comment #3)
>. It's maybe x86_64 related?
I'm on X86_64. Have you tried a non-Eclipse application under the same circumstances?

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In , Ob1-eclipse (ob1-eclipse) wrote :

Moving to SWT for comments.

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In , Samuelwestbrook (samuelwestbrook) wrote :

I'm observing this running on Ubuntu 9.1 and Dell Optiplex 755. All updates to OS and Eclipse have been applied. The problem also occurs if "lcok screen" is chosen and then the screen unlocked for reuse. Clicking to another progam and back makes Eclipse responsive again. No other applications have shown the same effect.

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Dan Buhrman (dan-buhrman) wrote :
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RomanIvanov (ivanov-jr) wrote :

I have the same problem.

To Dan: Thanks for workaround.

Robert Roth (evfool)
Changed in eclipse (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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In , Remy Chi Jian Suen (remy-suen) wrote :

*** Bug 315010 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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In , Pinnamur (pinnamur) wrote :

*** Bug 318064 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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In , Mikhail-zabaluev (mikhail-zabaluev) wrote :

(In reply to comment #6)
> No other applications have shown the same
> effect.

Firefox has a similar problem, which appeared at the same Ubuntu upgrade:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507269

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In , 5-seter-r (5-seter-r) wrote :

It is somehow related to the compiz window manager. When using metacity instead of compiz the problem seems to be gone.

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Laurent Dinclaux (dreadlox) wrote :

Bug is in 10.10 too

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In , Remy Chi Jian Suen (remy-suen) wrote :

*** Bug 329600 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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Mikhail Zabaluev (mzabaluev) wrote :

A duplicate or dependency of bug #438868 ?

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In , Mikhail-zabaluev (mikhail-zabaluev) wrote :

As tracked on Ubuntu Launchpad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/eclipse/+bug/438868

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In , Ericwill (ericwill) wrote :

I cannot reproduce this issue. Given the age of the bug, I am going to close this. Please file a new bug against Oxygen if the issue pops up again.

Changed in eclipse-eclipsers:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Invalid
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