I am not sure if attributing this problem to gnumeric is helpful here. Fixing Gnumeric to make a click outside of the drop-down list result in the same behaviour as pressing the Escape key would easily break reproducibility of this problem, but it would not fix the underlying problem with the OS. Allowing a program to block your entire desktop (and keyboard and on/off button) in this way calls for more and more problems. Usually these problems are not easily reproduced (see https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40141), so I really hope that the reproducible behaviour described here can help getting to the core of the problem rather than treating one symptom.
** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #40141 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40141 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/922510 Title: Application makes system unresponsive to mouse and keyboard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnumeric/+bug/922510/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
