[27244] in Athena Bugs
Re: linux 9.4.49: gnome-control-center
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Reed)
Thu Sep 25 11:43:52 2008
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From: Jonathan Reed <jdreed@mit.edu>
To: Robert Basch <rbasch@mit.edu>
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I don't think it's a window raising issue. Although ps shows a gnome-
keyboard-properties process, it does not appear in the panel as an
active window (although a entry briefly appears saying "Starting
Keyboard Preferences..", and then vanishes. Moving all my windows and
checking all other workspaces does not reveal a Keyboard Prefences
window. This occurs both with my account and a test account on
multiple machines.
I'll note, however, that if, say, I ssh in to my machine from a
machine with a very different Window manager (Apple's X11, for
example), the keyboard preferences opens just fine, although it
(expectedly) complains about some XKB errors. So there's probably a
window manager issue, but I don't know that it's a raise/lower issue
for me.
-Jon
On Sep 24, 2008, at 7:23 PM, Robert Basch wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Apologies for the delay in responding.
>
> I tried to reproduce this, and found that the keyboard preferences
> window (or any other I tried after the initial launch of the
> control-center) was displayed, but was not raised by the window
> manager. Is it possible you experienced the same thing, but
> with the new window completely obscured by your other windows?
>
> I'm guessing this is a metacity window stacking problem, and will
> investigate that more closely.
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
> On Sep 2, 2008, at 10:22 AM, Jonathan D Reed wrote:
>
>> System name: infinite-loop.mit.edu
>> Type and version: i686 9.4.49 (with mkserv)
>> Display type: ATI Technologies Inc RV516 [Radeon X1300/X1550 Series]
>>
>> Shell: /bin/athena/tcsh
>> Window manager: metacity
>>
>> What were you trying to do?
>>
>> Click the "Keyboard" icon in the "Desktop Preferences" window.
>>
>> What's wrong:
>>
>> It sits there and spins for about 10 seconds, and nothing
>> happens. Other icons work just fine
>>
>> What should have happened:
>>
>> It should have launched gnome-keyboard-properties.
>>
>> Please describe any relevant documentation references:
>>
>> "ps ax" shows that gnome-keyboard-properties is running, and in
>> fact a new process will be created each time the user clicks the
>> icon. Launching gnome-keyboard-properties by hand works just
>> fine.
>>
>>
>
