Alt-Tab switching broken in dfsg.1-5

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Automatically imported from Debian bug report #255192
http://bugs.debian.org/255192

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 14:31:21 +0200
From: Kevin Price <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: Alt-Tab switching broken in dfsg.1-5

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Subject: Alt-Tab switching broken in dfsg.1-5
Package: xlibs
Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5
Severity: important
Tags: sid

Hi,
when upgrading x from dfsg.1-4 to -5, the handy Alt-Tab "Task switching" ceases
to function on a KDE machine as well as on a Gnome/metacity machine. One has
r128, the other has a radeon. Downgrading only the xlibs package to
dfsg.1-4 and restarting X cures it. The systems are both otherwise sid.

Detailed behavior / steps to reproduce:

  * Hold alt, press tab
 -> Task selector appears, OK
  * repeatedly press tab
 -> switches between windows as usual
  * release tab
 -> focus leaves current window, so far OK, but
 -> focus does not hit selected window.

same behavior when omitting the second step. I cannot see any entry in the
Debian changelog that looks like it could have anything to do with this
bug. Is there any kind of further testing (xev) that you would like me to
perform? Is there any other information I can gather for you?

Thanks anyway for the fine work so far.
brgds
   Kevin

-- Package-specific info:
Keyboard-related contents of XFree86 X server log file
/var/log/XFree86.0.log:
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "F700P"
(**) | |-->Device "Rage 128"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) XKB: model: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "de"
(**) XKB: layout: "de"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse"
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in
"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID".
 Entry deleted from font path.
 (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID").
(WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID" does not exist.
--
(II) R128(0): Direct rendering disabled
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Keyboard "Keyboard" handled by legacy driver
(**) Option "Protocol" "ImPs/2"
(**) Mouse: Protocol: "ImPs/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"

Keyboard-related contents of XFree86 X server log file
/var/log/XFree86.20.log:
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor"
(**) | |-->Device "Device"
(**) |-->In...

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 21:28:31 -0400
From: Ari Pollak <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: me too

I should note that I'm seeing this behavior under openbox & -5 as well.
I hadn't made the correlation between the new version of X and the
problem, I originally thought it was just an openbox problem. It seems
that Alt-tab works fine when only pressing it once, but holding down Alt
and pressing Tab multiple time results in a very weird focus state.

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Message-Id: <1087746296.10630.12.camel@moeff>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 17:44:57 +0200
From: Julien Langer <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: alt key broken?

It seems that no shortcuts with the alt key work correctly any longer.

For example if I try to asign ALT+another key to an action in
gnome-keybinding-properties, it will asign "ALT_L" to the action,
instead of waiting for another key to be pressed.

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Message-Id: <1087847422.22000.0.camel@akessel-linux>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 15:50:22 -0400
From: Adam Kessel <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: other openbox users as well

This same problem has been discussed on the Openbox list; I can
duplicate it reliably.
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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 23:29:44 +0200
From: Christian Sahm <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Alt-Tab switching broken in dfsg.1-5

I have this bug on one of my machines, too. On another, with similar
installation and identical versions of xlibs and metacity (all packages
which are installed on both systems are identical because they are all
from a local mirror).
So I rather think of an bug in relation with any of the other additional
installed packages on the buggy machine than on a general bug in xlibs.
Up to now I discovered some packages which are related with xlibs and
metacity which are additional on one machine but none of them could be
verified as responsible for this strange behaviour.

Best regards
Christian
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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 12:56:58 +0300
From: Dmitry Borodaenko <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Alt-Tab is broken differently with Window Maker

On my machine with Window Maker the behaviour is slightly different: all
Alt- shortcuts work, and Alt-Tab switching works, but swallows the first
keypress in the new window. In xterm, the cursor changes from shallow to
filled after the swallowed keypress, as if the window receives the
keyboard focus only after a key is pressed in it; in GUI windows, text
cursor only appears after the first (swallowed) keypress, too.

Is it somehow related to the "Grab updates to XKB data from XFree86 CVS"
changelog item? Like "fix Meta, Super, Hyper keysyms interpretation"?

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 17:30:42 +0200
From: Daniel Tiefnig <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: me too

Ari Pollak <email address hidden> wrote:
> It seems that Alt-tab works fine when only pressing it once, but
> holding down Alt and pressing Tab multiple time results in a very
> weird focus state.

It just looks like that. The problem also exists when you press TAB
once, s/o just tends to release ALT before TAB when not pressing TAB
again, and releasing TAB Before ALT when pressing TAB multiple times.

So there seems to be a problem with recognition of or acting on
releasing ALT (or any Meta?) key.

HTH,
daniel

PS: I have: debian sid, kdelibs 3.2.3-2, kdebase 3.2.2-1

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 18:43:42 +0300
From: Dmitry Borodaenko <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Alt-Tab is broken differently with Window Maker

On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 12:56:58PM +0300, Dmitry Borodaenko wrote:
> On my machine with Window Maker the behaviour is slightly different:
[...]

In case that is important: Debian sid, wmaker 0.80.2-0.2.

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Message-Id: <1088183600.2613.141.camel@seb128>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:13:20 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: xlibs problem

reassign 249047 xlibs
severity 249047 important
tag 249047 sid
reassign 255778 xlibs
severity 255778 important
tag 255778 sid
reassign 254973 xlibs
tag 254973 sid
reassign 255063 xlibs
tag 255063 sid
reopen 255332
reassign 255332 xlibs
severity 255332 important
tag 255332 sid
reopen 255216
reassign 255216 xlibs
severity 255216 important
tag 255216 sid
merge 249047 255778 254973 255063 255332 255216 255192
thanks

All these bugs are dups due to xlibs -5 problem ...

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Message-Id: <1088183998.2613.142.camel@seb128>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:19:58 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: xlibs problem

severity 256192 important
tag 256192 sid
merge 256192 255192
thanks

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Message-Id: <1088184751.2613.149.camel@seb128>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:32:31 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: re: metacity: application's take focus even though it is set to click

unmerge 249047
reassign 249047 metacity
thanks

Oups, wrong bug number

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 23:04:06 -0500
From: Branden Robinson <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: fix for Alt-Tab problem in xfree86 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5

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tag 254973 + upstream fixed-upstream patch
thanks

This message is in regard to the bug reported in #254973, #255063,
#255192, #255216, #255332, #255778, #256192, and probably several other
duplicates that haven't been identified yet.

A fix for this problem is available. It comes in the form of a diff to
/etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/pc.

To apply this fix:

1) Retrieve the patch from
   <URL: http://redwald.deadbeast.net/tmp/alt_tab_fix.diff > or the
   attachment to this mail.
2) Save the patch someplace. I recommend /tmp.
3) Become root.
4) cd /
5) patch -p0 < /tmp/alt_tab_fix.diff
6) Go back to being a mere mortal user.
7) Restart your X session. Advanced users may simply reload their
   keymap using setxkbmap(1x) with the proper arguments.

This patch is from upstream CVS, but not license-encumbered (revision
1.10 of the file in question was made on 2003-08-22, which predates the
relicensing by several months). (For simplicity, this patch also
contains revision 1.9, an unrelated but harmless change. Yes, it really
is harmless; I tried it.)

I will be applying this fix to the SVN trunk before long; as the package
release manager, it's Fabio's decision as to whether it makes it into -6
or not.

Thanks to the patient for their patience. I apologize for the
inconvenience.

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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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-// $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/pc/pc,v 1.8 2003/05/15 13:32:00 p=
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     key <KP3> { [ KP_Next, KP_3 ] };
     key <KPEN> { [ KP_Enter ] };
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Message-Id: <1088347248.1840.1.camel@little>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 16:40:48 +0200
From: Monari Emanuele <email address hidden>
To: Branden Robinson <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#256192: fix for Alt-Tab problem in xfree86 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5

L=EC sabato, 2004/06/26 alle 23:04, -0500, Branden Robinson ha scritto:
> thanks

I think I'm and I will always a mere mortal user... Unlike you.... :)
Thank to all of you for your job!!!!
Cheers!
E.

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 22:12:51 +0200 (CEST)
From: Fabio Massimo Di Nitto <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Cc: Debian Devel Mailing List <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: fix for Alt-Tab problem in xfree86 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5

On Sat, 26 Jun 2004, Branden Robinson wrote:

> I will be applying this fix to the SVN trunk before long; as the package
> release manager, it's Fabio's decision as to whether it makes it into -6
> or not.

I think there are no doubts that we need this fix for -6.

Fabio

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Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 00:02:56 -0400
From: "Nathaniel W. Turner" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: This also affects Win+Tab

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Hi,

In KDE, Win+Tab is often mapped to "Walk through desktops" (in the "KDE=20
Default for 4 Modifier Keys") and switches virtual desktops in the same=20
manner as Alt+Tab switches windows.

The behaviour of Win+Tab is buggy in exactly the same way as Alt+Tab (so I=
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don't think it makes sense to open a new bug).

The patch at http://redwald.deadbeast.net/tmp/alt_tab_fix.diff does fix the=
=20
behavior wrt Alt+Tab for me, but *not* wrt Win+Tab. I'm not familiar with=
=20
advanced X configs, so I can't propose a proper fix, but running
    xmodmap -e 'clear mod4' -e 'add mod4 =3D Super_L'
does make Win+Tab work properly (until X is restarted, of course).

I hope this is of some help.

Cheers,
nate

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 06:46:40 +0200 (CEST)
From: Fabio Massimo Di Nitto <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Incresing severity to avoid X entering sarge/testing

severity 255192 serious
stop

Per discussion with Branden on irc. Picking one of the many.

Fabio

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Message-Id: <20040628055237.CC87568C02C@localhost>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 00:52:37 -0500
From: Branden Robinson <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: tagging 254973

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tags 254973 + pending

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Message-Id: <1088410811.2593.13.camel@seb128>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:20:11 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: xlibs problems ...

tag 256594 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
severity 256594 serious
reassign 256594 xlibs
tag 256596 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
severity 256596 serious
reassign 256596 xlibs
merge 254973 256594 256596
thanks

These are dup of xlibs problem

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Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 12:24:10 -0400
From: "Nathaniel W. Turner" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Win-Tab switching broken in dfsg.1-5

unmerge 255192
clone 255192 -1
merge 255192 255063
retitle -1 Win-Tab switching broken in dfsg.1-5
tags -1 - fixed-upstream patch pending
thanks

On second thought, this should probably get it's own bug.

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 02:12:32 +0800
From: Hing-Wah Wan <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Don't work for ALT_R + Tab

Hi,
    I tried the patch, this work for Alt_L + TAB but not work for Alt_R
+TAB. I tried to change NoSymbol to Alt/Meta/Super/Hyper_R but that
doesn't help
Thanks much
hingwah

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This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 6874.

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 08:52:15 +0200 (CEST)
From: Fabio Massimo Di Nitto <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: re-merging 256706 to the others

tag 256706 fixed-upstream
tag 256706 upstream
tag 256706 pending
merge 256706 254973
stop

256706 is still the result of the same breakage. no need to keep it
separate from all the others.

Fabio

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Message-Id: <1088531750.23149.34.camel@seb128>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:55:50 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: dup for xlibs problem ...

tag 256875 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
severity 256875 serious
reassign 256875 xlibs
merge 256875 254973
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Message-Id: <1088581900.2481.7.camel@seb128>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:51:40 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: dup for xlibs problem ...

tag 256939 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
severity 256939 serious
reassign 256939 xlibs
merge 256939 254973
thanks

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Message-Id: <1088620684.349.6.camel@seb128>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 20:38:04 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: dup for xlibs problem ...

tag 256875 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
severity 256875 serious
reassign 256875 xlibs
merge 256875 254973
thanks

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 20:47:19 +0200
From: "J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Cc: juan <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#256939: metacity: alt+tab does not work

reassign 256939 xlibs
severity 256939 serious
tags 256939 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
merge 256939 254973
thanks

On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 01:38:20 +0200, juan wrote:
> when using alt+tab you can cycle through windows but the window you
> select gets stuck with the list of windows sill open

See #254973 for analysis and a workaround.

Ray
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Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 21:49:42 +0200
From: "J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#257044: gnome-core: Alt keys not being treated as meta keys

reassign 257044 xlibs
severity 257044 serious
tags 257044 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
merge 257044 254973
thanks

On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 14:11:20 -0500, Brett Smith wrote:
> This fix did the trick
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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 19:12:58 +0200
From: "J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Cc: Dave Rolsky <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#257305: metacity: Alt-Tab brings up popup, but won't switch to other apps

reassign 257305 xlibs
severity 257305 serious
tags 257305 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
merge 257305 254973
thanks

On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 11:52:12 -0500, Dave Rolsky wrote:
> I'm not sure whether or not this is a metaicty problem,

It isn't. See the log of #254973 for details and a workaround.

Ray
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Message-Id: <1088795871.2362.65.camel@seb128>
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 21:17:51 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: dup for xlibs problem ...

tag 257305 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
severity 257305 serious
reassign 257305 xlibs
merge 257305 254973
thanks

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Message-Id: <1088871899.25626.17.camel@seb128>
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 18:24:59 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: Benjamin Schweizer <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#257454: gnome-core: splash screens + desktop switcher
 stays on top

clone 257454 -1
reassign 257454 xlibs
severity 257454 serious
tag 257454 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
retitle 257454 desktop switcher stays on top
merge 257454 254973
reassign -1 gnome-session
severity -1 normal
retitle -1 splash screen doesn't dissapear
merge -1 253729=20
thanks

Le sam, 03/07/2004 =E0 17:46 +0200, Benjamin Schweizer a =E9crit :

> The Gnome startup splash screen

That's already reported:
http://bugs.debian.org/253729

> That means that I can not switch tasks by pressing [alt]+[tab] or desktop=
s by [ctrl]+[alt]+[arrow-keys].

This bug is a xlibs bug, it has been reported several times and will be
fixed soon.

Here it is a fix from xfree's maintainer:

"A fix for this problem is available. It comes in the form of a diff
to=20
/etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/pc.

To apply this fix:

1) Retrieve the patch from
   <URL: http://redwald.deadbeast.net/tmp/alt_tab_fix.diff > or the
   attachment to this mail.
2) Save the patch someplace. I recommend /tmp.
3) Become root.
4) cd /
5) patch -p0 < /tmp/alt_tab_fix.diff
6) Go back to being a mere mortal user.
7) Restart your X session. Advanced users may simply reload their
   keymap using setxkbmap(1x) with the proper arguments."

Cheers,

Sebastien Bacher

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Message-Id: <1088890301.25626.23.camel@seb128>
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 23:31:40 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: dup for xlibs problem ...

tag 257498 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
severity 257498 serious
reassign 257498 xlibs
merge 257498 254973
thanks

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Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 13:23:49 +0200
From: Tore Anderson <email address hidden>
To: John M Flinchbaugh <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#257294: desktop switcher stays visible

severity 257294 serious
reassign 257294 xlibs
merge 257294 254973
quit

* John M Flinchbaugh

 > for a couple weeks now in gnome with openbox, the openbox's desktop
 > switcher display that pops up when switching desktops
 > (ctrl-alt-arrow keys) gets stuck in the foreground and won't go away
 > until another key is pressed (usually ctrl). this locks out mouse
 > activity until i get it to go away.
 >
 [...]
 >
 > since different wm's started doing it, i guess it could be an x
 > thing, but i'm not sure to start, so i'm starting with openbox.
 > thanks.

  You're quite right; the problem is indeed XFree86's. It has already
 been reported quite some times, and an updated release are pending
 upload. I just merged your bug report with these (with the nonsense
 commands near the top of this email - just ignore them), so you will
 probably receive an email when the fixed package is uploaded.

  In the interim, you may downgrade the "xlibs" package to the version
 found in "testing" (4.3.0.dfsg.1-4), and it should be all back to
 normal.

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Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 08:30:14 +0200
From: "J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Cc: Javier Kohen <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#258003: metacity: Alt-tab switches window but doesn't give focus

reassign 258003 xlibs
severity 258003 serious
tags 258003 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
merge 258003 254973
thanks

On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 01:12:10 -0300, Javier Kohen wrote:
> Since a recent upgrade (to XFree86 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5, I think) alt-tab stopped

Not a metacity issue; reported plenty of times already; known workarounds in
the BTS.
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Message-Id: <1089188504.2409.11.camel@seb128>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 10:21:44 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: dup for xlibs problem ...

tag 258003 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
severity 258003 serious
reassign 258003 xlibs
merge 258003 254973
thanks

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Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 14:29:37 +0200
From: "J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Cc: Benoit Plessis <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#258054: metacity: Cycle window does not work anymore.

reassign 258054 xlibs
severity 258054 serious
tags 258054 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
merge 258054 254973
thanks

On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 13:50:53 +0200, Benoit Plessis wrote:
> It seem metacity doesn't record the release event for the Alt key, this
> render the Alt-Tab ineffective

Yadda, yadda, yadda.
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Message-Id: <1089204975.2409.78.camel@seb128>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 14:56:15 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: dup for xlibs problem ...

tag 258054 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
severity 258054 serious
reassign 258054 xlibs
merge 258054 254973
thanks

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 08:38:18 -0500
From: Branden Robinson <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#254923: xserver-xfree86: [keyboard] alt key not working when starting from display
 manager

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reassign 254923 xlibs
severity 254923 serious
merge 258054 254923
thanks

On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 08:56:44PM +0200, txemi wrote:
> Package: xserver-xfree86
> Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4
> Severity: important
>=20
> alt key does not work when I start X from display manager.

This is a duplicate of many other bugs.

A workaround for the problem is documented in the logs of most or all of
them.

The bug is in xlibs (XKB data), not the XFree86 X server or its keyboard
driver.

We expect the bug to be fixed in the next release.

Bug#258054: metacity: Cycle window does not work anymore.
Bug#254973: metacity: Alt-Tab doesn't works
Bug#255063: capplets: Problem with keyboard shortcuts containing <Alt>
Bug#255192: Alt-Tab switching broken in dfsg.1-5
Bug#255216: kwin: alt+tab does not work shen tab is released first
Bug#255332: kde: hangs when switching windows with alt+tab
Bug#255778: metacity: Desktop list doesn't disappear after switching deskto=
ps with <ctrl><alt>arrow
Bug#256192: xlibs: Alt_L is seen like a normal key instead a modifier [it]
Bug#256594: metacity: alt-tab doesn't change focus on release
Bug#256596: metacity: <Alt>Tab does not switch windows, other keybindings d=
oes
Bug#256706: Win-Tab switching broken in dfsg.1-5
Bug#256875: metacity: Alt-Tab fails to actually change windows
Bug#256939: metacity: alt+tab does not work
Bug#257044: gnome-core: Alt keys not being treated as meta keys
Bug#257294: desktop switcher stays visible
Bug#257305: metacity: Alt-Tab brings up popup, but won't switch to other ap=
ps
Bug#257454: desktop switcher stays on top
Bug#257498: capplets: Alt-Tab no longer working properly (Alt "sticking"?)
Bug#258003: metacity: Alt-tab switches window but doesn't give focus

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 14:01:27 +0200 (CEST)
From: Fabio Massimo Di Nitto <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Unmerging and untagging

unmerge 256706
tag 256706 -pending
stop

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Message-Id: <1089289915.2416.71.camel@seb128>
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 14:31:54 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: dup for xlibs problem ...

tag 258231 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
severity 258231 serious
reassign 258231 xlibs
merge 258231 254973
thanks

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 15:09:26 +0200
From: "J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Cc: Russell Howe <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#258231: Window switching keys don't seem to actually switch windows

reassign 258231 xlibs
severity 258231 serious
tags 258231 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
merge 258231 254923
thanks

On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 12:34:55 +0100, Russell Howe wrote:
> I have alt+tab set

Yadda, yadda, yadda.
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Message-Id: <20040708185736.A9A4168C047@localhost>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 13:57:36 -0500
From: Branden Robinson <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: tagging 254923

# Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.7.95.1
 # RAAAHHR!! WHAT **IDIOT** TAGGED THIS EXPERIMENTAL? THERE ARE NO XFREE86 PACKAGES IN EXPERIMENTAL, MORON!
tags 254923 - experimental

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 15:52:27 -0500
From: Branden Robinson <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#255467: FocusOut event instead KeyRelease

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reassign 255467 xlibs
severity 255467 serious
close 255467
merge 255467 254973
thanks

On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 10:50:04AM +0300, Mait Vares wrote:
> Package: xfree86-common
> Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5
> Severity: normal
> Tags: sid
> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040523i
>=20
> 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 has annoying bug, FocusOut event happens instead
> KeyRelease. I'm using wmaker, defined shortcut alt-tab (or meta4-tab,
> doesn't matter what metakey) to 'focus next window'. but since
> 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 (4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 works fine, just did downgrade) it acts
> this way (according xev):

Hello,

We think your bug is the same as #254973, #255063, #255192, #255216,
#255332, #255778, #256192, #256594, #256596, #256875, #256939, #257044,
#257294, #257305, #257454, #257498, #258003, #258054, and #258231.

Please consult the logs of any of those bugs for more information.

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 18:30:15 -0500
From: Branden Robinson <email address hidden>
To: Hing-Wah Wan <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#255192: Don't work for ALT_R + Tab

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On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 02:12:32AM +0800, Hing-Wah Wan wrote:
> Hi,
> I tried the patch, this work for Alt_L + TAB but not work for Alt_R=20
> +TAB. I tried to change NoSymbol to Alt/Meta/Super/Hyper_R but that=20
> doesn't help

Edit the file /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/pc, and try changing this line:

    modifier_map Mod1 { <ALT>, <LALT> };

to this:

    modifier_map Mod1 { <ALT>, <LALT>, <RALT> };

I do not think this is the correct fix for the general case, but if it
doesn't mess anything up for you, go for it!

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 09:11:29 +0200
From: "J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Cc: Nathan Hurst <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#258349: metacity: Changing workspaces with keys still requires a mouse click.

close 258349
merge 258349 254923
thanks

See the logs of the earlier reports for details.
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