[Bug 575563] Re: Window management stops working after upgrade to Lucid
[Expired for metacity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: metacity (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575563 Title: Window management stops working after upgrade to Lucid To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/metacity/+bug/575563/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 575563] Re: Window management stops working after upgrade to Lucid
Narwhal has the same problem. But just now I stumbled upon something that hopefully can help you find and remove this bug easily. Judging by discussions on websites it seems many people have had this problem, so although my discovery solves the problem for me, if you can remove the bug entirely I think this would be very good, so people don't give up on Ubuntu. I'll be glad to help if I can, for instance by testing, sending logs, anything that may be useful. The bug is somehow related to a hardware speed setting on the mouse itself. By pressing a button (tiny, invisible, and forgotten long ago) on the mouse, I can switch between three settings for how far the pointer should move as I move the mouse. It turns out that Narwhal only supports the slowest setting correctly. With the other two settings it does accelerate the pointer, and when it does react to clicking, the click reaction happens at the correct position where the pointer is, but the system refuses to transfer focus among windows etc., as described in the report. However, Karmic Koala fully supports all three speed settings. If Narwhal can't easily be made to support them, maybe at least it can be made to not get confused. That would be a huge improvement, since a poorly supported speed button is a very, very minor thing compared to an unusable computer. After I submitted my report I've discovered some more symptoms from this bug, but I'm guessing that the mouse-speed button relationship is enough for you. Please tell me if you'd like me to describe the other symptoms. They're related to when and how the system refuses to transfer focus, among the windows and the screen top and bottom bars. They're a kind of workaround for the focus-transfer problems that I've already described, but only a very partial and somewhat awkward workaround. I have not tested the mouse-speed button solution in Lynx or Meerkat. I'll be glad to help if I can, so that people who test this wonderful Ubuntu don't give up before seeing its wonderfulness. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575563 Title: Window management stops working after upgrade to Lucid To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/metacity/+bug/575563/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 575563] Re: Window management stops working after upgrade to Lucid
I had exactly the same behaviours that were described in the bug report and I solved them by removing the assistive technologies software using the Ubuntu Software Centre, which I learned was the problem following the link in Peter's post. To remove the software, I had to log in as root, since not doing so requires you to authorize the removal, which isn't possible, because the window cannot be given focus. -- Window management stops working after upgrade to Lucid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575563 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 575563] Re: Window management stops working after upgrade to Lucid
I have the same problem - but only on my work machine (annoying). I've also found this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1440048 which seems to hint that the problem might be related to Assistive technologies. Their workaround works for me. Even though I've disabled assistive technologies at startup I am still faced with the same problem (and the same workaround - changing the activating/deactivating assistive technologies). -- Window management stops working after upgrade to Lucid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575563 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 575563] Re: Window management stops working after upgrade to Lucid
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/47836031/Dependencies.txt -- Window management stops working after upgrade to Lucid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575563 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
