diff -ru synaptic-0.62.7ubuntu2/gtk/gsynaptic.cc synaptic-0.62.7ubuntu2-changed/gtk/gsynaptic.cc
--- synaptic-0.62.7ubuntu2/gtk/gsynaptic.cc	2009-07-15 16:52:24.000000000 +0200
+++ synaptic-0.62.7ubuntu2-changed/gtk/gsynaptic.cc	2009-08-07 20:03:14.000000000 +0200
@@ -594,6 +594,7 @@
 #if 0
       update_check(mainWindow, packageLister);
 #endif 
+      mainWindow->focusFastSearch();
       gtk_main();
    }
 
diff -ru synaptic-0.62.7ubuntu2/gtk/rgmainwindow.cc synaptic-0.62.7ubuntu2-changed/gtk/rgmainwindow.cc
--- synaptic-0.62.7ubuntu2/gtk/rgmainwindow.cc	2009-08-07 20:06:19.000000000 +0200
+++ synaptic-0.62.7ubuntu2-changed/gtk/rgmainwindow.cc	2009-08-07 20:09:11.000000000 +0200
@@ -3581,4 +3581,10 @@
 #endif
 }
 
+void RGMainWindow::focusFastSearch() {
+#ifdef WITH_EPT
+  gtk_window_set_focus(GTK_WINDOW(_win), _entry_fast_search);
+#endif
+}
+
 // vim:ts=3:sw=3:et
diff -ru synaptic-0.62.7ubuntu2/gtk/rgmainwindow.h synaptic-0.62.7ubuntu2-changed/gtk/rgmainwindow.h
--- synaptic-0.62.7ubuntu2/gtk/rgmainwindow.h	2009-07-15 16:52:24.000000000 +0200
+++ synaptic-0.62.7ubuntu2-changed/gtk/rgmainwindow.h	2009-08-07 20:03:37.000000000 +0200
@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@
 
    bool showErrors();
 
+   void focusFastSearch();
+
    GtkWidget* buildWeakDependsMenu(RPackage *pkg, pkgCache::Dep::DepType);