Comment 6 for bug 768774

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Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz) wrote : Re: [Bug 768774] Re: opened window by key stroke doesn't get focus

Does it only happen when the apport dialog comes up?

On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Krister <email address hidden> wrote:
> Attached is a video.
> REVISED description of steps to reproduce:
>
> 1. Create a hotkey (ctrl-alt-t) for the gnome terminal.
> 2. Open firefox.
> 3. press ctrl-alt-t to open the terminal
> 4. bring focus back to firefox
> 5. press ctrl-alt-t to open another terminal
>
> I expect to see the newest terminal in focus.
> Instead, the firefox window remains in focus.
>
> A video is attached.
>
> ** Attachment added: "focusproblem.ogv"
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/768774/+attachment/2082760/+files/focusproblem.ogv
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/768774
>
> Title:
>  opened window by key stroke doesn't get focus
>
> Status in Unity:
>  Incomplete
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
>  Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: unity
>
>  1.open a window in some application (say firefox)
>  2.open another window by hotkey (you have to set it up to open by hotkey first)
>  see that the newly opened window does not get focus
>
>  this is extremely annoying for someone who uses nothing but keyboard.
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
>  Package: unity 3.8.10-0ubuntu2
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
>  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
>  .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
>  .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
>  .proc.driver.nvidia.version:
>   NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module  270.41.06  Mon Apr 18 14:54:25 PDT 2011
>   GCC version:  gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4)
>  Architecture: i386
>  CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,grid,vpswitch,gnomecompat,place,imgpng,regex,snap,resize,move,mousepoll,put,session,animation,unitymtgrabhandles,expo,workarounds,wall,fade,ezoom,scale,unityshell,switcher]
>  CompositorRunning: compiz
>  Date: Thu Apr 21 23:42:25 2011
>  DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-04-21 17:51:33.968863
>  DistroCodename: natty
>  DistroVariant: ubuntu
>  DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 270.41.06, 2.6.38-8-generic, i686: installed
>  GraphicsCard:
>   nVidia Corporation G86 [GeForce 8400M GS] [10de:0427] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>     Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0209]
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
>  InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
>  InstallationMedia__: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
>  JockeyStatus:
>   xorg:nvidia_173 - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
>   xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, Not in use)
>  MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS M1330
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
>   PATH=(custom, user)
>   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=96761261-328d-4418-8fba-6c120eb0e3b9 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>  ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
>  ProcVersionSignature__: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
>  Renderer: Unknown
>  SourcePackage: unity
>  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-21 (0 days ago)
>  dmi.bios.date: 12/26/2008
>  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
>  dmi.bios.version: A15
>  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
>  dmi.chassis.type: 8
>  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
>  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA15:bd12/26/2008:svnDellInc.:pnXPSM1330:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
>  dmi.product.name: XPS M1330
>  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
>  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2
>  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
>  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
>  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
>  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
>  version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
>  version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7
>

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Sam Spilsbury