From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 6 09:04:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E7FC16A4CE for ; Fri, 6 Aug 2004 09:04:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sv02.webonaut.com (kirk.webonaut.com [212.41.243.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E426643D58 for ; Fri, 6 Aug 2004 09:04:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from klammer@webonaut.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sv02.webonaut.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24B887642C; Fri, 6 Aug 2004 11:04:33 +0200 (CEST) Received: from sv02.webonaut.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (sv02.webonaut.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 39344-10; Fri, 6 Aug 2004 11:04:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.0.9] (sisko.webonaut.com [212.41.243.28]) by sv02.webonaut.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ABFA76428; Fri, 6 Aug 2004 11:04:27 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4113499D.2030806@webonaut.com> Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 11:04:29 +0200 From: Franz Klammer User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2 (X11/20040719) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: James Earl References: <1091746869.38537.0.camel@tech.icionline.ca> In-Reply-To: <1091746869.38537.0.camel@tech.icionline.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at webonaut.com cc: gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: metacity 2.8.2 focus new windows X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 09:04:36 -0000 James Earl wrote: > Hi, > > I seem to be having some problems with metacity 2.8.2. Basically when I > start a new application from anywhere, it doesn't receive focus and is > started underneith existing windows. I believe I first noticed the > problem after upgrading to metacity 2.8.2. > > Has anyone else experienced this, or is this just an upgrade issue? > me too! just trying to figure out where the problem is but it seems to fail on my less C knowledge ... i looked at gnome cvs and tried the lastest version of window.c but this doesn't help. the only programs i use frequently that start always in the foreground is xterm, firefox and thunderbird. everything else (as far as i've seen) is inactive or in the background. the run dialog (ALT-F2) is active as there is no application started with it. after the first "application run" it's always inactive. > Just thought I'd check quick before I start deleting stuff in my home > directory. > > would first check with an user test before deleting something :-) franz.