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Bug 168201 - URLs kidnap browser to active desktop
URLs kidnap browser to active desktop
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 128380
Product: metacity
Classification: Other
Component: general
2.8.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Metacity maintainers list
Metacity maintainers list
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-02-22 22:54 UTC by Charles R. Twardy
Modified: 2005-02-23 01:10 UTC
See Also:
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Description Charles R. Twardy 2005-02-22 22:54:50 UTC 
Distribution/Version: Debian/ppc

Set your browser to open new pages in the existing window or a new tab.
Start your browser on your browser desktop.
Go to another desktop, like your chat desktop.
Use any app that makes URLs active, like gaim.
Click on a URL.
*Poof* your browser is now on your chat desktop. AAARGH!!!!

For months I have been copying the URL and pasting it into the browser to avoid
this. Finally I tried switching WMs. But maybe the right answer is to have
metacity "do the right thing".

The only related bugs I found were the two about startup notification (search
for that or "launch") but I wasn't sure this was really the same thing. Hence
the new bug.
Comment 1 Elijah Newren 2005-02-22 22:59:18 UTC 
Sounds like a duplicate of bug 128380, just fixed a couple days ago (you'd need
metacity-2.9.21 to enjoy the fix, or CVS HEAD).  Ubuntu packages the most recent
metacity--could you give their bleeding edge livecd a try to see if this works
for you?
Comment 2 Charles R. Twardy 2005-02-23 00:20:50 UTC 
Yes, this duplicates bug 128380. I got CVS HEAD and compiled. Trouble installing. 

Window manager error: Failed to scan themes directory: Error opening directory
'/usr/bin/share/themes': No such file or directory

How do I make it look in /usr/local/share/themes?
Comment 3 Elijah Newren 2005-02-23 00:25:17 UTC 
./configure --datadir=/usr/local/share, I believe.

Anyway, since it's a duplicate I'll reopen this and mark it as such.
Comment 4 Elijah Newren 2005-02-23 00:25:31 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 128380 ***
Comment 5 Charles R. Twardy 2005-02-23 01:10:25 UTC 
Well, that wasn't it, but brazen symlinks hacked around the problem.
Yes, this fixes the problem. Thank you.