Bug#258003: metacity: Alt-tab switches window but doesn't give focus

[Sebastien Bacher <seb128@debian.org>]

Le mer, 07/07/2004 à 01:12 -0300, Javier Kohen a écrit :
> Package: metacity
> Version: 1:2.8.1-3
> Severity: normal
> 
> Since a recent upgrade (to XFree86 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5, I think) alt-tab stopped giving focus to the selected windows, but it still presents the switch-windows dialog and draws the "focus" box around the selected window. The only problem is that the focus remains on the original window.

Hi,

This bug is a xlibs bug, it has been reported several times and will be
fixed soon.

Here it is a fix from xfree's maintainer:

"A fix for this problem is available.  It comes in the form of a diff
to 
/etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/pc.

To apply this fix:

1) Retrieve the patch from
   <URL: http://redwald.deadbeast.net/tmp/alt_tab_fix.diff > or the
   attachment to this mail.
2) Save the patch someplace.  I recommend /tmp.
3) Become root.
4) cd /
5) patch -p0 < /tmp/alt_tab_fix.diff
6) Go back to being a mere mortal user.
7) Restart your X session.  Advanced users may simply reload their
   keymap using setxkbmap(1x) with the proper arguments."


Cheers,

Sebastien Bacher