gnome-do blocks screen lock/saver

[Leonard Michlmayr]

Binary package hint: gnome-do

Steps to reproduce:

1) set a short time-out for the screen saver and screen lock
2) bring up gnome-do via the hot-key or login
3) go away to get coffee, but forget to lock the screen.
4) when back, the screen is not locked and the desktop is visible. gnome-do is still waiting for a command
5) let gnome-do start up an application
6) the screen saver starts immediately and the screen is locked.

How it should be:

4) when back, the screen saver is active and the screen is locked.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gnome-do 0.8.3.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.44-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 5 23:07:13 2010
SourcePackage: gnome-do

[torzsmokus (torzsmokus)]

bug still present on up-to-date Maverick
(gnome-do: 0.8.3.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Tom Colley (tcolley)]

I get the same issue with gnome-do 0.9 running on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

[Chris Halse Rogers (raof)]

This is actually an artefact of an X11 limitation - you'll find the same behaviour if you leave a menu open.

That said, I could limit the severity of this by closing the Do window after a period of inactivity. I'll do that at some point.