[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#463324: xfwm4: blinking gitk when switching between other apps' windows

[Cyril Brulebois]

Package: xfwm4
Version: 4.4.2-1
Severity: normal

Hi,

as requested on IRC, opening a bugreport. To reproduce it, open gitk.
Then switch to another application, say Emacs, on the same desktop. Now,
hold the Alt key, press Tab once, gitk gets highlighted, and then Tab a
second time, so that a third application is finally selected. Release
Alt. At the time gitk gets highlighted in the window selector, its item
in the window list (in the panel) starts blinking, as if a urgent hint
were received.

Depending on the applications I use on the same desktop (usually only
one, which explains I reproduce it mainly with gitk, which I open in
complement of a terminal and $EDITOR), it's possible to also reproduce
it with e.g. gnome-terminal or xfce-terminal (or whatever this
application is called ;-)).

A videoshot illustrating this is available for quite some time on:
  http://alioth.debian.org/~kibi-guest/trash/focus.ogg

FWIW, this problem has been there for some weeks.

Thanks.

Cheers,

-- 
Cyril Brulebois

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-rc7-powerpc
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages xfwm4 depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0             1.20.0-1         The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                   2.7-2            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2               1.4.10-1+b2      The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libfontconfig1          2.5.0-2          generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6            2.3.5-1          FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libglib2.0-0            2.14.4-1         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0             2.12.1-3         The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                 2:1.0.4-1        X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libpango1.0-0           1.18.4-1         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0              1.2.15~beta5-3   PNG library - runtime
ii  libsm6                  2:1.0.3-1+b1     X11 Session Management library
ii  libstartup-notification 0.9-1            library for program launch feedbac
ii  libx11-6                2:1.0.3-7        X11 client-side library
ii  libxcomposite1          1:0.3.2-1+b1     X11 Composite extension library
ii  libxdamage1             1:1.1.1-3        X11 damaged region extension libra
ii  libxext6                1:1.0.3-2        X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfce4mcs-client3     4.4.2-1          Client library for Xfce4 configure
ii  libxfce4mcs-manager3    4.4.2-1          Manager library for Xfce4 configur
ii  libxfce4util4           4.4.2-1          Utility functions library for Xfce
ii  libxfcegui4-4           4.4.2-1          Basic GUI C functions for Xfce4
ii  libxfixes3              1:4.0.3-2        X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxrandr2              2:1.2.2-1        X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1             1:0.9.4-1        X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-7 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages xfwm4 recommends:
ii  librsvg2-common               2.18.2-1   SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  xfce4-mcs-manager             4.4.2-1    Settings manager for Xfce4
ii  xfwm4-themes                  4.4.2-1    Theme files for xfwm4

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