Description of problem: With a phoebe3 Everything install: I have my gnome session set to display two terminals at login. I can immediately begin typing on one of them, but if I try to alt-tab to the other, the screen appears to freeze. Clicking the mouse once (anywhere) clears the problem, but this shouldn't be necessary. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.2.0.1-3 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Log in, start two gnome-terminals 2. Log out, check "save current setup" 3. Log in again. Note that one terminal has focus (you can type), although its titlebar isn't highlighted. Do not touch the mouse. 4. Hit alt-tab and release Actual results: Screen appears frozen with outline of background window drawn over foreground window. Tiny "alt-tab window" with two terminal icons is also displayed. Subsequent keystrokes don't appear to work. Mouse does work, but may disappear if moved outside tiny "alt-tab window". Clicking mouse clears the problem. Subsequent alt-tab actions function as expected. Expected results: Alt-tab should function properly before the mouse is ever clicked or moved. Additional info: The problem doesn't happen if the mouse is so much as moved away from the center of the screen before alt-tab is first used. It only seems to happen when the mouse is not touched. The little window that pops up when you alt-tab seems to "capture" the mouse and interrupt the process.
*** Bug 85915 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Problem still exists in Red Hat 9. Also, can be reproduced with only one gnome- terminal rather than two.
metacity must get confused if you begin an alt+tab and metacity doesn't know about the focused window, or something like that.
Upstream as http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143147
From the description, I'm pretty sure this was bug http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147475, which has been fixed. I cannot duplicate. Can someone else please verify?
This is not the same as https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85914, which had to do with the workspace switcher, not the task switcher, but it's fixed anyway as of RHEL4. Thanks!
Oops, meant http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147475
Mark: Gnome #147475 was reported as a problem involving the workspace switcher, but the bug was found to be a much more general problem with not having a focus window. That's why I believe this is the same bug as that one, despite the very different descriptions of how to reproduce. Anyway, glad to hear that it's working for you. :)