Re: windows stuck

[Peter Hagen <peter willow-media nl>]

Hi,

thank you for the reply. I'm trying to reproduce the problem, but its very hard haha. I have a little bit information from the .xsession-errors file. The situation now was a terminal window that was maximized and over that a skype chat window that was half over the screen (by dragging it against the right border of the screen. Does that have a name?). When the desktop is 'stuck' i can scroll the terminal windows, which is beneath the skype window that is active. I can type in the skype chat, but if I click the bar of the terminal screen, this appears in the log:

    (gnome-terminal:13212): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_get_events: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed
    (gnome-terminal:13212): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
    (gnome-terminal:13212): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
    (gnome-terminal:13212): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_get_events: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed
    (gnome-terminal:13212): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
    (gnome-terminal:13212): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
    (gnome-terminal:13212): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_get_events: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed
    (gnome-terminal:13212): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
    (gnome-terminal:13212): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

then, when i press the alt-tab combination for switch the screen, nothing happens, except these logs appear:

      JS LOG: pushModal: invocation of begin_modal failed
      JS LOG: pushModal: invocation of begin_modal failed
      JS LOG: pushModal: invocation of begin_modal failed

One time also this message came by:

    Window manager warning: Invalid WM_TRANSIENT_FOR window 0x320000c specified for 0x3218ba4 (Choose Fil).

The strange thing, at some point I got out of this, but have no idea what I did, and started writing the email, and it didnt happen anymore. The skype window is smaller now, and the evolution email screen is maximized. This could be a coincidence maybe?

And one time I clicked the skype screen, this appears:

    Window manager warning: Got a request to focus 0x320205a (Ruth | swe) with a timestamp of 0.  This shouldn't happen!

Ill attempt to post a bug soon, but have to find some time. Would it be enough if I post this story?

Cheers

Peter


On do, 2011-11-10 at 15:22 +0100, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote:
> Le mercredi 09 novembre 2011 à 20:07 +0100, Peter Hagen a écrit :
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > I'm quite new to this mailinglist, but have been using Gnome for quite
> > some time. I love the new Gnome 3 and had it on ubuntu 11.04 already,
> > and now of course with 11.10 also. Currently I have 3 installations,
> > with one on a MacBook (4.2?.. the white one). It works smooth, for one
> > strange thing. I thought for a moment that it had to do with Skype,
> > but I think it happened without also once. But, mostly I notice it
> > when using a skype chat. Im just typing, and then suddenly, when I
> > want to click another window, nothing happens. Also scrolling in the
> > other window doesn't work. In some cases I can just keep on typing,
> > which works, and the windows also get updated all the times. I also
> > cant move the skype windows.. or close it.  Also going to the left
> > upper corner doesnt do anything. Then I click on something in the
> > skype screen, like the chat history dropdownlist, which does popup,
> > and after that, I can move the screens again. I dont have this issue
> > with the 2 other machines.
> Please file a bug at
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gnome-shell
>
> The most interesting information for the developers is the contents of
> your ~/.xsession-errors file right after the problem happened. Also
> specify the version of Ubuntu you're using on the machine where the bug
> happens.
>
> > The laptop runs on an intel chipset, I guess, while the other 2 have
> > nvidia. Could it be something with QT and Intel? Any ideas?
> Intel, maybe; please tell on the report what's your exact graphics card,
> (see the output of lspci). Qt, it's hard to tell - does the problem
> happen only with Qt apps running?
>
>
> Regards