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Date:      Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:13:55 -0400
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org>
To:        Antonio Vieiro <antonio@antonioshome.net>
Cc:        freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Can't enable focus-follows-mouse
Message-ID:  <4C570AE3.2080306@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <4C5702A9.9080405@antonioshome.net>
References:  <4C5702A9.9080405@antonioshome.net>

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On 8/2/10 1:38 PM, Antonio Vieiro wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm running gnome 2.30.0 in FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE, and I can't modify
> focus behaviours of windows.
> 
> I've tried both with the "Appearance/Windows" and with gconftool-2
> (/apps/metacity/general/focus_mode=sloppy|mouse).
> 
> All these settings are being ignored. I was wondering if anyone knows a
> workaround for this, as it's difficult for me to remember to click on
> windows to gain focus.

The metacity package for 8.1 is bad.  You must update your packages
using ports (i.e. compile them).  You can use portmaster or portupgrade
to do this.  Once finished, you will have GNOME 2.30.2 and
metacity-2.30.1_3 which will fix this problem.

Joe

-- 
Joe Marcus Clarke
FreeBSD GNOME Team	::	gnome@FreeBSD.org
FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome
http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome



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