** Description changed:
- When using seamless applications such as Rdesktop, the window manager
- needs to send ConfigureNotify events. This is specified in ICCCM
- section 4.1.5. Without it, software will hang and wait for a response.
+ # Impact
+ When using seamless applications such as Rdesktop, the window manager needs
to send ConfigureNotify events. This is specified in ICCCM section 4.1.5.
Without it, software will hang and wait for a response.
+ This greatly impacts corporate and enterprise users that are trying to
+ integrate Microsoft Windows applications using Rdesktop.
+
+ # Proposed Fix
A patch has been created here and should be merged:
https://git.gnome.org/browse/metacity/commit/?h=gnome-3-24&id=f09967fc0f1d65fc7b5057b362b9657154a86079
- I have hand tested this patch on GNOME 3.18 on 16.04 LTS and it works.
- We are requesting this to be merged. This greatly impacts corporate and
- enterprise users that are trying to integrate Microsoft Windows
- applications using Rdesktop.
+ # Test Case
+ Use Rdesktop in seamless mode for a while.
+
+ # Regression Potential
+ The reporter has verified the fix, and it works. It has also been in Zesty
since Mar 20th and so far nobody complained.
** Also affects: metacity (Ubuntu Xenial)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: metacity (Ubuntu Yakkety)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: metacity (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1675369
Title:
Metacity Not Sending ConfigureNotify events
Status in metacity package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in metacity source package in Xenial:
New
Status in metacity source package in Yakkety:
New
Bug description:
# Impact
When using seamless applications such as Rdesktop, the window manager needs
to send ConfigureNotify events. This is specified in ICCCM section 4.1.5.
Without it, software will hang and wait for a response.
This greatly impacts corporate and enterprise users that are trying to
integrate Microsoft Windows applications using Rdesktop.
# Proposed Fix
A patch has been created here and should be merged:
https://git.gnome.org/browse/metacity/commit/?h=gnome-3-24&id=f09967fc0f1d65fc7b5057b362b9657154a86079
# Test Case
Use Rdesktop in seamless mode for a while.
# Regression Potential
The reporter has verified the fix, and it works. It has also been in Zesty
since Mar 20th and so far nobody complained.
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