From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021218 Description of problem: I have several workspaces and the only mozilla window is open (not iconified!) in workspace 2, and an xterm in workspace 1. I type in the xterm: $ mozilla -remote 'openUrl(http://www.gnu.org,new-tab)' I expect the GNU page to be opened in the (only) mozilla window which should stay in workspace 2 (this is what happened in mozilla 1 and in mozilla 1.2.1 as distributed by mozilla.org). Instead, in mozilla 1.2.1 as distributed with phoebe, the mozilla window appears in the workspace 1, obscuring my xterm. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.2.1 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. mozilla in workspace 2 2. xterm in workspace 1 3. in xterm: $ mozilla -remote 'openUrl(http://www.gnu.org,new-tab)' Actual Results: mozilla window appears in the workspace 1 (one - where the xterm is) Expected Results: mozilla window stays in the workspace 2 (two - where it always was) Additional info: this worked as espected with moz 1 (rh8) and moz 1.2.1 as distributed by mozilla.org, but breaks with moz 1.2.1 as distributed with phoebe.
This is using gtk 1.2 so I don't know why it would be switching desktops. It does try to raise itself (as it should) but it certainly shouldn't be switching desktops.
Can you confirm that you're using or not using metacity window manager?
I am using whatever came with phoebe by default - yes, it is metacity.
this is __NOT__ mozilla-specific! I just got the same symptom with emacs, so I changed the summary.
I fixed this in metacity CVS, we'll get the fix next time we upgrade version.
I'm going to assume that this was picked up, since this was fixed in cvs a long time ago.