capplets: Alt-Tab no longer working properly (Alt "sticking"?)

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Automatically imported from Debian bug report #257498 http://bugs.debian.org/257498

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Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 17:13:32 -0400
From: Ken Kennedy <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: capplets: Alt-Tab no longer working properly (Alt "sticking"?)

Package: capplets
Version: 1:2.6.1-8
Severity: normal

Upgraded my home workstation today, after crossing my fingers. But no
joy...got the same results as I've gotten on two other machines after
recent upgrades. Alt-Tabbing in GNOME no longer works "properly"...I
can alt-tab and see the popup to select my new window, but when I
release the keys, the popup stays in place, the window outline for the
new window stays highlighted, but the focus doesn't switch.

Almost seems like Alt is "sticking" or something...when I
Ctrl-Atl-Left for next desktop, I release the keys at new desktop, but
something sticks. The workspace popup still shows up, and pressing the
Left or Right keys by themselves continues to move me between
workspaces. Re-pressing/releasing Ctrl does nothing, but pressing Alt
again drops the workspace popup.

This may be the wrong package to report against...sorry if it is. I've
looked around both for the correct package, and/or for a similar bug,
and found nothing. Thanks!

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Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.25-1-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages capplets depends on:
ii capplets-data 1:2.6.1-8 configuration applets for GNOME 2
ii gnome-control-center 1:2.6.1-8 The GNOME Control Center for GNOME
ii gnome-desktop-data 2.6.1-2 Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
ii gnome-icon-theme 1.2.3-1 GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii gnome-panel 2.6.2-1 Launch and/or dock GNOME 2 applica
ii gnome-session 2.6.2-1 The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.16-5 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libasound2 1.0.5-1 Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
ii libatk1.0-0 1.6.1-2 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libaudiofile0 0.2.6-4 Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii libbonobo2-0 2.6.2-4 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.6.1-1 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libeel2-2 2.6.2-1 Eazel Extensions Library (for GNOM
ii libesd0 0.2.29-1 Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared
ii libfontconfig1 2.2.2-2 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgail-common 1.4.1-1 GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii libgail17 1.4.1-1 GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii libgconf2-4 2.6.2-1 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libgcrypt7 1.1.90-1.1 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii libglade2-0 1:2.4.0-1 Lib...

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Message-Id: <1088890238.25626.21.camel@seb128>
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 23:30:38 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: Ken Kennedy <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#257498: capplets: Alt-Tab no longer working properly (Alt
 "sticking"?)

Le sam, 03/07/2004 =E0 17:13 -0400, Ken Kennedy a =E9crit :

> This may be the wrong package to report against...sorry if it is. I've
> looked around both for the correct package, and/or for a similar bug,
> and found nothing. Thanks!

Hi,

That's a xlibs bug, already reported:
#254973, #255063, #255192, #255216, #255332, #255778, #256192, #256594,
#256596, #256706, #256875, #256939, #257044, #257305, #257454

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
/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: <email address hidden>
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 17:32:29 -0400
From: Ken Kennedy <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Appears to be 255283

Ah. Didn't think to look in gnome-control-center...sorry. Should have
poked about through the dependencies more. This appears to be the same
as 255283 (though hard to say for sure, since it has no description
other than the subject *grin*).

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Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 17:38:46 -0400
From: Ken Kennedy <email address hidden>
To: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#257498: capplets: Alt-Tab no longer working properly (Alt
 "sticking"?)

On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 17:30, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> That's a xlibs bug, already reported:
> #254973, #255063, #255192, #255216, #255332, #255778, #256192, #256594,
> #256596, #256706, #256875, #256939, #257044, #257305, #257454
>
>

Sebastien:

Thanks a lot! Sorry for not finding that...I got GNOME stuck in my head,
so I never considered looking into xlibs, etc. Should have known better.
Thanks again for the quick reply...this makes my laptop usable again
(OK...I know. It shouldn't bother me THAT much. But it's been driving me
crazy! *grin*)

Take care,
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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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Marking as duplicate based on debbugs merge (254973,257498)

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

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Message-Id: <1088891232.25626.27.camel@seb128>
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 23:47:12 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#257498: capplets: Alt-Tab no longer working properly (Alt
 "sticking"?)

Le sam, 03/07/2004 =E0 17:38 -0400, Ken Kennedy a =E9crit :

> Thanks a lot! Sorry for not finding that...I got GNOME stuck in my head,

No problem, that's a part of the maintainers' job to point the right
place when something is broken :)

> (OK...I know. It shouldn't bother me THAT much. But it's been driving me
> crazy! *grin*)

He he, I know that, I've found this bug really annoying too :)=20

Cheers,

Sebastien Bacher

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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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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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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

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 # RAAAHHR!! WHAT **IDIOT** TAGGED THIS EXPERIMENTAL? THERE ARE NO XFREE86 PACKAGES IN EXPERIMENTAL, MORON!
tags 254923 - experimental

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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: 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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