strange window switching foreground/background behavior [$50 awarded] #251
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I found this happens only after running HexChat in a session, even if I close it afterwards. |
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Hi, this is biggest annoyance for me since upgrade to 1.12. I reproduce this bug constantly on Debian/testing desktop with dual monitor setup. Also I installed Linux Mint 17.3 on laptop and started to reproduce this problem as well. I do not use HexChat. I have 4 workspaces with lots of windows open. Have no idea what program/window causes this but this affects all windows opened on current workspace. |
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I have experienced this on Ubuntu MATE 15.10 with MATE 1.12 installed. But, I'm using Compiz, so I don't think Marco is to blame. |
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Restarting Marco helps me. If I run into this weird window behavior, I execute " marco --replace" in terminal and the problem is gone. |
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In my previous message I said that executing "marco --replace" fixes the problem temporary until windows start switching to foreground/background again unpredictably. |
I seem to confirm this. |
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I can also confirm this bug on Ubuntu MATE 16.04 with Marco. If it helps, the machine I encounter this on has a Haswell i7 CPU, 16GB RAM, Geforce GTX 760 video card. I have two other machines, both with Intel graphics, and I've never seen this issue on those machines. |
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I'm seeing this same bug on Fedora 24. It seems to happen often (but not always) after switching workspace from the MATE workspace switcher applet. So basicly after changing the active workspace some random window is on the foreground, but focus is actually on some background window.. so you think you're using/clicking the foreground window, but in reality all the actions go to the background window. The way to fix this is to minimize all windows from the workspace and then maximize/open the window you need. It's super annoying. I didn't have this bug with Fedora 22, which obviously used older version of MATE/marco. |
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This bug was reported back in January. Has it been assigned to a developer yet, or are we just talking amongst ourselves? |
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From the column on the right, nothing has been made concerning this issue. It seems strange to me, since it seems a major regression, but I don't know how development in MATE/marco works. |
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It also happens with mate-1.12 on FreeBSD. |
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happens in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS too |
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What do we need to do in order to get this assigned to someone? MATE is too frustrating to use with this bug. I just tried upgrading MATE from the PPA but it's still not fixed. This happens so frequently for me that window navigation is a major nuisance. I'm going to try disabling compositing to see if that helps. If not, I may switch to GNOME, as this problem is not present there. |
I can't confirm this with f24 and Mate-1.16 (gtk3 version) and origin nvidia driver 940xxx.
Since fedora 18 i'm building official fedora mate packages but i never run in this issue with my main box and my laptop (intel graphics). |
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Disabling compositing worked for me. I am aware of two GUI methods to disable it in Mint 18:
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PS: i'm using always this settings. Maybe this is the reason why i never run in this issue. |
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If someone can provide steps to reproduce or a video i'm happy to use 'git bisect' to find a culprit commit which probably caused the issue since 1.10 of whatever. |
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The problem with reproducing this bug, is that I can't seem to find a way to reproduce it at all. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't. It happens most often when I switch to another workspace. |
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Yep, it's hard to give exact information to reproduce. It happens randomly, but quite often, ie. usually many times per hour. My environment currently is Fedora 24 Mate + two displays .. and it happens quite often after switching workspaces. |
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Try hexchat to see if it triggers the issue. |
I don't have a second monitor to reproduce but i will connect my monitor to my laptop for a while.
Looks like a chance to switch configs from xchat to hexchat . |
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PS: Can you please test those settings? |
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I have two 1920x1080 monitors, 4 workspaces that I regularly switch between, and usually about a half dozen or so windows across all workspaces with a couple set to always show on visible workspace. The windows I usually have open are Mumble, Discord, Firefox, Steam, KVIrc, and often Caja and Xed. I've never used Hexchat. The issue was especially annoying when I was doing development with about twice as many windows. I never found reproducible steps, but I think it may have been related to switching between workspaces when there are windows overlaying each other. |
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The comment from pilot51 seems to mirror my setup. I have two displays and the problem happens when I switch from one workspace to another. I've seen this happen with MATE applications too, like Caja or Pluma for example. It's hard to reproduce on demand. I see this problem several times a day but window management also works as expected sometimes. |
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Hi, I had the same bug, I had opened a bug report on Debian's bug tracker: I opened the bug against mate-panel, but it seems that marco is involved. I have several applications open on my 5 workspaces including several in the same workspace. Application windows are open to the maximum, I click on the panel at the bottom of the screen to move from one application to another. After a few hours of use, I have not found a trigger but it is necessary to be passed several times from one workspace to another, the application that is visible in a workspace is no longer clickable. I do not know if it's related, but it appears the same time, the libreoffice main menu which is normally written in black is written in white. Regards. |
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This bug doesn't appear to be assigned to anyone. What do we need to do, in order to get this bug assigned to a developer? It appears that we're just talking amongst ourselves. |
Be relaxed and google my nick name :-) |
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Sorry, I didn't notice you were listed as a developer. I'm glad you're looking at this. |
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I recommend to file out first a report at ubuntu at launchpad, to get ubuntu specific help ;-) |
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What is not related to this report? The slowly responding ppa version? The OP fits my original problem perfectly. Indeed, I guess I should ask the ubuntu people for help with finding a version of marco that works on my system. Thanks for the advice! I have not seen the bug since I switched back to software compositing and ran those two gsetting commands, although the auto-raising of windows is rather annoying when you're not used to it. |
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@alcarola Your original issue was the window ordering bug mentioned in this report, however, that was solved already and a commit was created to fix it. If you have issues that start after installing a PPA, then your problem is with the PPA. Therefore, a bug report should be filed there. |
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Indeed, thanks! :) |
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I have the problem discribed at #257 and the fix don't work for me. |
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I keep running into this too, Ubuntu MATE 16.04, using Compiz. I don't know the cause, but last time it happened, it was from the standard popup after inserting a DVD. To fix it in session, I opened Compiz Config -> General Options -> Focus & Raise, then turn on Auto-Raise, poke around, then turn it back off. Works for me without having to lose session - BUT - some windows seem to retain the unwanted behavior until interacted with twice. |
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Please file out a report against compiz at your distro. |
This bug was fixed in newer versions of MATE. Since Ubuntu MATE 16.04 is locked at an older version of MATE, it will not receive the fix for this. The only solution is to upgrade to a newer version of the distro. There is a work-around, where you can try to change between software and hardware rendering in MATE tweak. One of them should stop this from happening, but I can't remember which. |
The guy use compiz WM, not marco :-) |
Ah, good point! For some reason, I forgot that those were separate. I agree with raveit65, if you're using Compiz, file a bug against Compiz. It may be useful to test a newer version of Ubuntu MATE to see if this has already been addressed. Keep in mind, 16.04 is approaching two years old now. |
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This bug has come back to me even with the new NVIDIA drivers. Same solution as above to save working session. (Compiz Config -> General Options -> Focus & Raise, then turn on Auto-Raise, poke around, then turn it back off.) |
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And still there for Ubuntu 17.04 with marco 1.18.0, with or without the new NVIDIA drivers. |
Are you shure 17.04 use this fix or is your post more a blind-post (date)? |
Did you blame nvidia for this? |
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This problem is in UBUNTU 18 also. |
Yes, |
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This bug isn't solved. I am experiencing it on Fedora 30 and Mate 1.22.1 on an Ryzen 2500U with an AMD GPU. |
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Same here. I still have this bug with marco in Fedora 30 (marco-1.22.2-1.fc30.x86_64). |
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@pasikarkkainen @ego2dot0 Thank you. |
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Fixed again in new released marco-1.22.4 and 1.23.2 |
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I've been experiencing difficulties with marco on Linux Mint 17.3. These problems did not happen after a recent fresh install, but soon afterwards.
It's hard to explain, but basically when I click to switch windows in the task bar (window list) the selected windows is not brought to the front, it stays in the back. So, it looks like I'm clicking on the correct window, but I'm clicking in one in the background.
It looks like the foreground/background + window switching logic is wrong.
Associated with this, there is a strange shadow between the maximized windows and the task bar. I'm attaching a screenshot.
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