From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.18-alpha1 i686; Nav) Description of problem: Click on backdrop and drag out a stretchy box (as if you are selecting > some backdrop icons) now press Alt+function key. X locks up. Machine still running, can telnet in and kill X process to recover How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Drag out a stretchy box on backdrop 2. Press Alt+function key 3. Actual Results: X locks Expected Results: X shouldn't lock :) Additional info: It is possible that this is a bug in gnome or sawfish.
I tested this with GNOME and KDE in Seawolf and current Rawhide, and cannot reproduce the problem.
This bug affects both of my Redhat 7.1 machines. Specifically they are running gnome+sawfish default versions. Alt-F1 would normally switch virtual desktops (move to workspace 1 is what it says in the sawfish shortcuts). However if you press Alt-F1 while a box is dragged out on the backdrop X locks up solid. Detailed instructions. Click and hold mouse button 1 on backdrop - drag a box not selecting anything. Keep holding button 1 down - dotted box stays on the screen. Now press Alt-F1 (while button 1 is held down) - lockup. It is the action of switching virtual desktops while a dotted box is drawn that crashes X. This happens on a machine with an ATI card and a machine with a Matrox graphics card.