gnome-screensaver-command -p triggers keyboard event
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Chris Coulson | ||
Karmic |
Fix Released
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Critical
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Chris Coulson |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-screensaver
When "gnome-
This is a problem when called from for example blueproximity where the command is called in the background and the user has an application like oowriter (or some other app with a trigger for the particular keyboard event) focused. In that case it opens the File-menu every 10 seconds, which is, needless to say, annoying.
Way to replicate:
sleep 5 && gnome-screensav
Now focus oowriter and 5 seconds later, the File-menu will open.
BTW, this bug is new since I've used this command for at least a year and the problem surfaced after an update on December 29th 2009;
Upgraded the following packages:
gnome-screensaver (2.28.0-0ubuntu3.1) to 2.28.0-0ubuntu3.2
Changed in gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
tags: |
added: verification-done removed: verification-needed |
I am able to reproduce this with Open Office Writer, Calc, and Impress (seems to trigger Alt-F), but tried with several other apps with triggers for Alt-F, such as a Firefox, Code::Blocks, gedit, ampng others, and I got nothing. It also seems that if it actually triggered the Alt-F event, it would open the File menu in the same terminal window it was run in. Seems to me to be an Open Office bug. Are there any other apps in which you're able to reproduce this?