alt+tab working only partially

[jkbkot]

Alt+Tab stopped working in Gnome Shell after I upgraded to 13.10 today.

When I press Alt+Tab the application switcher comes up but I can't cycle through it after pressing Tab again. So this way I can switch only between two applications there and back.

The application switcher works otherwise normally - I can use the mouse pointer to choose a different application (while holding Alt). Also, the Tab key works just fine on its own.

Interestingly, now when I switched to the Terminal and executed xev, cycling through Alt+Tab worked - but just once, now it doesn't work again.

Output from xev:

KeyPress event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3600001,
    root 0x94, subw 0x0, time 2402671, (594,327), root:(596,438),
    state 0x10, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

FocusOut event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3600001,
    mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyAncestor

FocusOut event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3600001,
    mode NotifyWhileGrabbed, detail NotifyNonlinear

PropertyNotify event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3600001,
    atom 0x157 (_NET_WM_STATE), time 2405531, state PropertyNewValue

FocusIn event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3600001,
    mode NotifyWhileGrabbed, detail NotifyNonlinear

KeymapNotify event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
    keys: 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
           0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FocusIn event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3600001,
    mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyNonlinear

KeymapNotify event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
    keys: 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
           0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PropertyNotify event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x3600001,
    atom 0x157 (_NET_WM_STATE), time 2407553, state PropertyNewValue

ClientMessage event, serial 36, synthetic YES, window 0x3600001,
    message_type 0x149 (WM_PROTOCOLS), format 32, message 0x147 (WM_DELETE_WINDOW)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.8.5-0ubuntu11.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Nov 13 22:32:24 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-06-06 (891 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-11-13 (0 days ago)

[jkbkot (jkbkot)]

I filed this bug for gnome-settings-daemon because of the bug #1217196

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1217196

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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