Bug 949332

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #802567 +++

Description of problem:

Some full screen apps/games have a loss of keyboard control when using gnome-shell. 

Issue is fixed by using fallback mode / KDE/LXDE, etc

I have a nvidia card - using drivers from RPMfusion.



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

(any gnome 3.x)


How reproducible:

100%


Steps to Reproduce:

1. load default Fedora desktop (gnome3)
2. load app - i.e paintball2 (www.dplogin.com)
3. lose control on keyboard 
  
Actual results:

No keyboard control

Expected results:

working keyboard - like you get with all other de's (including gnome3 fallback)

Additional info:

- Issue is fixed by using fallback mode - or by toggling fullscreen
/resolution or running gtk-recordmydesktop ?
- it is not all apps/games.

--- Additional comment from Morgan Cox on 2012-06-08 15:57:28 EDT ---

Updated

Issue still occurs in Fedora 18 / Gnome 3.6

Its NOT just a Fedora issue its a gnome3 issue.

To Reproduce:-

an example game - download from : http://digitalpaint.org/files/ 

1 - install deps

alsa-oss.x86_64  alsa-oss-libs.x86_64  alsa-oss-libs.i686  alsa-plugins-oss.i686  alsa-plugins-oss.x86_64  libjpeg-turbo.i686  libpng.i686  libpng10.i686    libpng-compat.i686  libXxf86misc.x86_64  libXxf86misc.i686  libXxf86dga.i686  libXxf86dga.i686  libXxf86vm.i686   libXxf86vm.x86_64   libgpg-error.i686 libgcrypt.i686 libdrm.i686 librtmp.i686  libstdc++-static.i686 

2 - run game 

(note when you first run the game it can take a while to load (sometimes minutes - i suggest you run it in fallback mode first then when its loaded correctly switch to standard gnome3.)

3 - have absolutely no keyboard control - to exit game alt+tab, then ctrl+c

It works 100% fine in gnome3 fallback, kde4, lxde, xfce, unity (although its slowest in unity..) -just not standard gnome 3.

I have the following revelevent packages...

gnome-desktop3-3.4.2-1.fc17.x86_64
gnome-shell-3.4.1-5.fc17.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-295.53-1.fc17.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-295.53-1.fc17.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-295.53-1.fc17.i686
akmod-nvidia-295.53-1.fc17.1.x86_64
nvidia-settings-1.0-18.fc17.x86_64

Its not just this game.....

--- Additional comment from Morgan Cox on 2012-06-22 06:05:32 EDT ---

Seeing as as its been 1/4 of a year and there has been 0 response to it I decided to open another thread @ gnome buzilla.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=677934

Thankfully someone has actually been bothered to respond.

I must say - this SHOULD be viewed as pretty urgent - there are lots of games (for Nvidia users) you simply cannot play when using gnome 3.x - unless you go to fallback mode.

I would say that is a pretty serious bug.....

--- Additional comment from Morgan Cox on 2013-04-07 15:57:04 EDT ---

STILL PRESENT ON GNOME 3.6 !!!

I have to STILL go to fallback mode / choose a DE that actually works (i.e KDE) in order to actually run the game.

Will try gnome 3.8 as soon as its in Arch repos - I imagine it will be be the same.

The issue is reproducible 100% of the time.