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Bug 171347 - dual-screen: workspace-switching with keyboard hangs
dual-screen: workspace-switching with keyboard hangs
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 116041
Product: metacity
Classification: Other
Component: general
2.8.x
Other Linux
: Normal major
: ---
Assigned To: Metacity maintainers list
Metacity maintainers list
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-03-23 12:52 UTC by Markus Bertheau
Modified: 2005-07-29 17:28 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.7/2.8



Description Markus Bertheau 2005-03-23 12:52:41 UTC
Distribution/Version: FC3

I have the feeling that these issues are connected to each other. I'm not filing
individual bugs because of that.

I have a dual screen setup. I have enabled sloppy focus. The thing is, that when
on the other (be it the first or the second) screen there's no window on the
desktop, metacity doesn't "switch" to the other screen when I move the mouse
there. I have to click on it. I try to describe all issues one for one:

Common situation: 2 screens, 8 workspaces each.
1. empty workspace on both screens. 1st screen active. Move mouse to second
screen. Switch workspaces with keyboard. Result: workspaces are switched on the
first screen. Mouse is moved in upper left corner of first screen.
2. empty workspace on both screens. 1st screen active. Move mouse to second
screen. Click on desktop on second screen. Use workspace switcher shortcuts.
Result: After the first switch _to_ an empty workspace the borderless workspace
switcher window thing in the middle of the screen hangs, i.e. keyboard is
grabbed, ws switch shortcuts do nothing. Click with the mouse anywhere to
release. ws switch borderless thingie disappears. This only happens on the 2nd
screen. 
3. workspaces with full screen windows on both screens. 1st screen active. Click
on desktop in 2nd screen to activate. 

/me sees a pattern

Hmm, it seems that whenever I switch to an empty workspace on the second screen,
the second screen "loses" focus, and the first screen gets activated. That's why
the ws switch shortcuts don't do anything - they go to the first screen.

Let me know if you need more information.

This is metacity version  2.8.6-2 from fedora core 3. I can apply patches and stuff.
Comment 1 Jan "Yenya" Kasprzak 2005-05-02 10:49:52 UTC
Bug #171751 is similar to this one.
Comment 2 Loïc Minier 2005-07-29 17:28:11 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 116041 ***