Bug#694104: gnome-shell: Window movement and keyboard locks when full screen app in another workspace requires attention
Alan Chandler
alan at chandlerfamily.org.uk
Fri Nov 23 22:26:17 UTC 2012
Package: gnome-shell
Version: 3.4.2-2
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
It appears, although I cannot be sure my supposition is correct, that
the following actions temporarily (for several minutes) cause the
shell to stop working correctly. When I say stop working I mean
1) Any keyboard input fails - I am not sure if it happens immediately,
but after a while it starts beeping when it is unresponsive
2) Attempts to drag any window with the mouse fails - window remains
still. It is still possible to interact with an application, or to
close it with the close button on the top right
3) Moving the mouse to the top left corner has no effect (the
shockwaves appear, but the dock doesn't display and the windows don't
shrink. HOWEVER, the Calendar expands when clicking on the clock and
the drop down menu under my name drops down (although the commands on
it are ineffective.
What causes this to happen?
I am running a virtual box copy of windows off screen in another
workspace. The application is set to run at "fullscreen". At about
the time this occurs (about 9pm in the evening) is when cron does a
backup of the virtual machines disk, and so sends a command to suspend
the virtual machine. Takes the backup and then unsuspends the virtual
machine.
At the same time, normally when this occurs and may well be a
contributing factor, is I am running mythtv front end on my main
monitor - although the lock up seems to occur just as I am shutting it
down.
I have two monitors, and it is configured so the second monitor is
available in every workspace. It is work on this monitor that tends
to get to a position where I can't interact with it anymore.
After some time (10 minutes or so = about the length of time my backup
of the virtual machines disk is taking) it starts working again.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on:
ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.12.1-2
ii gconf-service 3.2.5-1+build1
ii gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 0.6.21-7
ii gir1.2-atk-1.0 2.4.0-2
ii gir1.2-caribou-1.0 0.4.4-1
ii gir1.2-clutter-1.0 1.10.8-2
ii gir1.2-cogl-1.0 1.10.2-6
ii gir1.2-coglpango-1.0 1.10.2-6
ii gir1.2-folks-0.6 0.6.9-1+b1
ii gir1.2-freedesktop 1.32.1-1
ii gir1.2-gconf-2.0 3.2.5-1+build1
ii gir1.2-gcr-3 3.4.1-3
ii gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0 3.4.2-2
ii gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 2.26.1-1
ii gir1.2-gee-1.0 0.6.4-2
ii gir1.2-gkbd-3.0 3.4.0.2-1
ii gir1.2-glib-2.0 1.32.1-1
ii gir1.2-gmenu-3.0 3.4.2-4
ii gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0 3.4.2-1
ii gir1.2-gtk-3.0 3.4.2-4
ii gir1.2-json-1.0 0.14.2-1
ii gir1.2-mutter-3.0 3.4.1-5
ii gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0 0.9.4.0-6
ii gir1.2-pango-1.0 1.30.0-1
ii gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-1
ii gir1.2-soup-2.4 2.38.1-2
ii gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12 0.18.2-2
ii gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2 0.4.0-1
ii gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0 0.9.17-1
ii gjs 1.32.0-2
ii gnome-bluetooth 3.4.2-1
ii gnome-icon-theme-symbolic 3.4.0-2
ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.4.2+git20120925.a4c817-2
ii gnome-shell-common 3.4.2-2
ii gnome-themes-standard 3.4.2-2.1
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.4.2-2
ii libatk1.0-0 2.4.0-2
ii libc6 2.13-37
ii libcairo-gobject2 1.12.2-2
ii libcairo2 1.12.2-2
ii libcanberra0 0.28-5
ii libclutter-1.0-0 1.10.8-2
ii libcogl-pango0 1.10.2-6
ii libcogl9 1.10.2-6
ii libcroco3 0.6.6-1
ii libdbus-1-3 1.6.8-1
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.100-1
ii libebook-1.2-13 3.4.4-1
ii libecal-1.2-11 3.4.4-1
ii libedataserver-1.2-16 3.4.4-1
ii libedataserverui-3.0-1 3.4.4-1
ii libffi5 3.0.10-3
ii libfolks25 0.6.9-1+b1
ii libgck-1-0 3.4.1-3
ii libgconf-2-4 3.2.5-1+build1
ii libgcr-3-1 3.4.1-3
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.26.1-1
ii libgee2 0.6.4-2
ii libgirepository-1.0-1 1.32.1-1
ii libgjs0b [libgjs0-libmozjs185-1.0] 1.32.0-2
ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1] 8.0.5-1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.33.12+really2.32.4-3
ii libgnome-keyring0 3.4.1-1
ii libgnome-menu-3-0 3.4.2-4
ii libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.36-1
ii libgtk-3-0 3.4.2-4
ii libical0 0.48-2
ii libjson-glib-1.0-0 0.14.2-1
ii libmozjs185-1.0 1.8.5-1.0.0+dfsg-4
ii libmutter0 3.4.1-5
ii libnm-glib4 0.9.4.0-6
ii libnm-util2 0.9.4.0-6
ii libnspr4 2:4.9.3-1
ii libnspr4-0d 2:4.9.3-1
ii libp11-kit0 0.12-3
ii libpango1.0-0 1.30.0-1
ii libpolkit-agent-1-0 0.105-1
ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-1
ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 2.0-6
ii libpulse0 2.0-6
ii libsoup2.4-1 2.38.1-2
ii libstartup-notification0 0.12-1
ii libtelepathy-glib0 0.18.2-2
ii libtelepathy-logger2 0.4.0-1
ii libx11-6 2:1.5.0-1
ii libxcomposite1 1:0.4.3-2
ii libxdamage1 1:1.1.3-2
ii libxext6 2:1.3.1-2
ii libxfixes3 1:5.0-4
ii libxi6 2:1.6.1-1
ii libxml2 2.8.0+dfsg1-6
ii python 2.7.3-3
ii telepathy-mission-control-5 1:5.12.3-1
Versions of packages gnome-shell recommends:
ii gnome-contacts 3.4.1-1+b1
ii gnome-control-center 1:3.4.2+git20121016.29d7c0-1
ii gnome-session-fallback 3.4.2.1-3
ii gnome-user-guide 3.4.2-1+build1
gnome-shell suggests no packages.
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