Bug#257305: metacity: Alt-Tab brings up popup, but won't switch to other apps

[Dave Rolsky]

Package: metacity
Version: 1:2.8.1-3
Severity: normal

I'm not sure whether or not this is a metaicty problem, but here goes:

I hadn't restarted X for a while, and recently did so.  Now, when I
try to use Alt-Tab to cycle between apps, the little popup showing the
icons for various apps comes up, and I can cycle between the icons,
but even if I select an icon, it does not switch to that app, and the
popup stays up until I simply hit Alt by itself.

I also noticed something strange in the gnome control panel keyboard
settings applet.  If I try to set a shortcut using Alt, it registers
the pressing of the Alt key immediately, and sets the shortcut to
Alt_L or Alt_R.  The same happens with the windows & menu keys, but
not control or shift.  I'm guessing this is related.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.6
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages metacity depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.6.1-2        The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                     2.3.2.ds1-13   GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgconf2-4               2.6.2-1        GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.4.2-1        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.4.3-1        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libmetacity0              1:2.8.1-3      Common library of lightweight GTK2
ii  liborbit2                 1:2.10.2-1.1   libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.4.0-4        Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                  1.7-4          lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System Session Management
ii  libstartup-notification0  0.6-2          library for program launch feedbac
ii  libx11-6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxrandr2                4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii  sgml-base                 1.25           SGML infrastructure and SGML catal
ii  xlibs                     4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System client libraries m

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