Window switching keys don't seem to actually switch windows

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Automatically imported from Debian bug report #258231 http://bugs.debian.org/258231

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Message-Id: <E1BiXB1-0004bC-00@wushu>
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 12:34:55 +0100
From: Russell Howe <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: Window switching keys don't seem to actually switch windows

Package: metacity
Version: 1:2.8.1-3
Severity: normal

I have alt+tab set to switch between windows. This used to work fine,
but now it doesn't (not sure which package version broke it..)

Now, when I hold down Alt, and then press tab, the window list appears -
so far so good.
Still holding alt, and pressing tab moves the hilight box through the
list of icons representing the windows. Still OK.
Releasing Alt, nothing happens. The window list is still on the screen,
and no window is given focus or raised.

In the "Window settings" configuration applet in Gnome, the only
relevant setting would seem to be:

Select windows when the mouse moves over them: not ticked

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.6
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8

Versions of packages metacity depends on:
ii libatk1.0-0 1.6.1-2 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgconf2-4 2.6.2-1 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libglib2.0-0 2.4.2-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.4.3-3 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libmetacity0 1:2.8.1-3 Common library of lightweight GTK2
ii liborbit2 1:2.10.2-1.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpango1.0-0 1.4.0-4 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpopt0 1.7-4 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System Session Management
ii libstartup-notification0 0.6-2 library for program launch feedbac
ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxrandr2 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii sgml-base 1.25 SGML infrastructure and SGML catal
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System client libraries m

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Message-Id: <1089289888.2416.69.camel@seb128>
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 14:31:28 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: Russell Howe <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#258231: Window switching keys don't seem to actually
 switch windows

Le jeu, 08/07/2004 =E0 12:34 +0100, Russell Howe a =E9crit :
> I have alt+tab set to switch between windows. This used to work fine,
> but now it doesn't (not sure which package version broke it..)

Hi,

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: <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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Marking as duplicate based on debbugs merge (254923,258231)

This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 6970.

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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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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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tags 254923 - experimental

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

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reassign 255467 xlibs
severity 255467 serious
close 255467
merge 255467 254973
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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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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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