Description of problem: emacs stops responding to mouse and keyboard input when minimised and later restored. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Name : emacs Epoch : 1 Version : 23.2 Release : 19.fc15 Fedora 15 with all updates applied Architecture: x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. login 2. open a gnome terminal window 3. type 'emacs &' at the command line prompt 4. minimise the emacs window using Ctrl + Z 5. restore the emacs window using Alt + TAB Actual results: The emacs cursor is no longer blinking, and emacs is no longer responding to keyboard or mouse input. Expected results: emacs responds to keyboard and mouse input. Additional info: if you add step 6 to the above sequence: 6. maximise the emacs window then the cursor does reappear and emacs continues working normally. The problem did not occur in Fedora 14, so I think the problem may be related to the upgrade to GNOME 3.
I see the same issue on GNOME3 but no problem on XFCE. so the issue may be in gnome-shell or mutter? dunno. anyway FYI.
This problem came up recently on the Emacs developers' mailing list. It also occurs with the latest-and-greatest Emacs on the Emacs development trunk. I have filed an Emacs bug report <http://debbugs.gnu.org/9893> in case it is a problem with Emacs and not with the Gnome shell.
*** Bug 721183 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Created attachment 535385 [details] Backported patch
emacs-23.3-15.fc17
emacs-23.3-8.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/emacs-23.3-8.fc16
Package emacs-23.3-8.fc16: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing emacs-23.3-8.fc16' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2011-16302/emacs-23.3-8.fc16 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
*** Bug 741695 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
emacs-23.3-8.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Any chance of this being fixed for Fedora 15?
Sure. First, we need to get Emacs 23.3 to Fedora 15, and make sure there are no regressions in such a big update: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2011-16246/emacs-23.3-7.fc15 When this update land in F15, I can prepare another one adding this bug.