Bug 995722

Summary:	Mouse & keyboard stuck in sandbox -X after Gnome workspace move
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	amturnip
Component:	xorg-x11-server	Assignee:	Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer>
Status:	CLOSED EOL	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	20	CC:	dwalsh, mgrepl, peter.hutterer, xgl-maint
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Description amturnip 2013-08-10 13:41:24 UTC

Description of problem:

After you move a "sandbox -X" window to another Gnome 3 workspace with the keyboard shortcut, the mouse and keyboard are stuck in the sandbox window, with no obvious way to liberate them or switch Gnome activities.

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

$ rpm -q policycoreutils gnome-shell
policycoreutils-2.1.13-59.fc18.x86_64
gnome-shell-3.6.3.1-2.fc18.x86_64

How reproducible: Consistently

Steps to Reproduce:

1. $ /usr/bin/sandbox -X -t sandbox_web_t /usr/bin/firefox

2. Hold Ctrl, then hold Alt, then hold Shift, then press Down, then release those keys, to move the sandbox window to the next workspace.

3. Try to move the mouse outside the sandbox - you can't.

4. Try to bring out Gnome's mode by pressing the windows key - you can't.

I looked at "man sandbox", but I did not find clues about how the mouse gets stuck or how to release it.

Actual results:

It is not clear how to release the mouse and keyboard from the sandbox X window.

Expected results:

It should be clear how to release the mouse and keyboard from the clutches of the sandbox X window.

Additional info:

When the mouse isn't captured by the "sandbox -X" window, Gnome's Alt-Tab mode describes the "sandbox -X" window as Xephyr. "man sandbox" does not mention Xephyr. "man xephyr" does not mention mouse capture or release. I did a web search for 'xephyr let go' and found a page that recommended Ctrl-Shift, which resolves part of the mystery of how the mouse got captured. To release the mouse from "sandbox -X", Ctrl-Shift sometimes works and sometimes does not, or requires repeated attempts. Sometimes it seems that Ctrl-Shift isn't working but Ctrl-Alt-Shift (the same modifiers I used with Gnome to move workspaces) is successful, but I cannot distinguish whether Alt is significant or whether one more try without it would have done just as well.

At any rate, whatever the right way to release the mouse from "sandbox -X" is, it should be clear and obvious.

Comment 1 amturnip 2013-08-10 13:56:27 UTC

Changing release to 18. This was observed in Fedora 18.

Comment 2 amturnip 2013-08-10 14:11:13 UTC

Fedora 19 exhibits the same behavior, except that sometimes the workspace switch results in the mouse being captured and sometimes it does not. Changing release to 19.

$ rpm -q policycoreutils gnome-shell
policycoreutils-2.1.14-46.4.fc19.x86_64
gnome-shell-3.8.3-3.fc19.x86_64

Comment 3 Daniel Walsh 2013-08-13 22:38:06 UTC

THis is most likely an issue with Xephyr.

Comment 4 amturnip 2014-01-05 14:30:05 UTC

The problem persists with Fedora 20

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