xfce4-terminal doesn't have focus when first opened
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| | exo |
Fix Released
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Medium
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| | exo (Ubuntu) |
Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
When I open xfce4-terminal, the window doesn't have focus. I have to click on it or Alt-Tab to it before I can start typing.
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ApportVersion: 2.17-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-26 (827 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120817.3)
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: xfce4-terminal 0.6.3-1ubuntu2
PackageArchitec
ProcVersionSign
Tags: vivid
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-11-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-03-10 (24 days ago)
UserGroups: adm audio cdrom dialout dip fax floppy fuse kvm libvirtd lpadmin plugdev pulse pulse-access sambashare sudo tape vboxusers video
_MarkForUpload: True
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This bug is triggered by the invalid fix for bug 9570.
Can you please link or attach the changelog of exo 0.10.4-2?
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| tags: | added: apport-collected vivid |
| description: | updated |
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| Paul White (paulw2u) wrote : | #4 |
Silly me, never really noticed until now.
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote : | #5 |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
| Changed in xfce4-terminal (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| affects: | xfce4-terminal (Ubuntu) → exo (Ubuntu) |
| Changed in exo: | |
| importance: | Unknown → Medium |
| status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote : | #9 |
This bug was fixed in the package exo - 0.10.4-1ubuntu1
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exo (0.10.4-1ubuntu1) vivid-proposed; urgency=medium
* Fix newly started windows not receiving focus (LP: #1440100)
* debian/patches:
- 02_Fix-
- 03_Startup-
-- Unit 193 <email address hidden> Tue, 24 Mar 2015 17:02:14 -0400
| Changed in exo (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
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#10 |
Resolved by reverting the bad commit. Change here:
http://
Will be included in the upcoming 0.10.5
| Changed in exo: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
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#11 |
For the record, exo 0.10.4-2 in Arch had reverted the same two commits that are now reverted in exo 0.10.5.


exo-0.10.4-1-x86_64
exo-open --launch TerminalEmulator
Xfce Terminal inactive window opens.