Bug#258231: Window switching keys don't seem to actually switch windows

[Russell Howe]

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

I have alt+tab set to switch between windows. This used to work fine,
but now it doesn't (not sure which package version broke it..)

Now, when I hold down Alt, and then press tab, the window list appears -
so far so good.
Still holding alt, and pressing tab moves the hilight box through the
list of icons representing the windows. Still OK.
Releasing Alt, nothing happens. The window list is still on the screen,
and no window is given focus or raised.

In the "Window settings" configuration applet in Gnome, the only
relevant setting would seem to be:

Select windows when the mouse moves over them: not ticked

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.6
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8

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               2.4.3-3        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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