Bug#486586: compiz grabs keys from vnc fullscreen

[Vadim Gutnik <gutnik@gmail.com>]

Package: compiz
Version: 0.7.6-3
Severity: normal


When I start vnc, even in full-screen mode and try to operate the window manager
inside vnc, modifier+mouse actions don't work.

I tried running xev inside vnc full-screen. Pressing a modifier (Control, or Alt, or Super)
generates a "KeyPress event"; when I release, it generatees a "KeyRelease event." Similarly,
when I press a mouse button, it generates ButtonPress and ButtonRelease events. 

However, if I press and hold a modifer, when I press a mousebutton, a KeyRelease event is 
generated and no ButtonPress is registered. 

This makes it nearly impossible to use a windowmanager on the remove side of a vnc connection in 
full-screen mode.

I checked that fvwm2, for example, does not have this behavior.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental'), (1, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages compiz depends on:
ii  compiz-core                   0.7.6-3    OpenGL window and compositing mana
ii  compiz-gnome                  0.7.6-3    OpenGL window and compositing mana
ii  compiz-gtk                    0.7.6-3    OpenGL window and compositing mana
ii  compiz-plugins                0.7.6-3    OpenGL window and compositing mana

compiz recommends no packages.

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