[orca-list] [applies to others]Re: Arch users good news, found the cause of getting stuck in top panel issue

[Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com>]

I've just reproduced this on my debian system so it seems a more general 
issue. Also it doesn't seem to be orca specific as I tried the same key 
combination without orca running and it seemed to be stuck (I tried 
using alt+f2 for the run dialog but nothing appeared).

Michael Whapples
On 04/21/2010 01:10 PM, Michael Whapples wrote:
> You actually seem to have spotted the real problem, not thorough 
> enough checking on my part. So what happens when a menu is opened? I 
> guess gives a good starting point for looking for what is going wrong.
>
> Michael Whapples
> On 01/-10/-28163 08:59 PM, Steve Holmes wrote:
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> > Sorry Dude,  No work here.
> >
> > I just went through trying the top level panel with the cirtificate
> > keyring program near the top of the startup list both checked and
> > unchecked and the effect was the same.  Now I did notice one thing; if
> > I get into the top panel and tab around in there, all is fine and I
> > can shift+ctrl+tab in and out of there as long as I don't open the
> > menu.  Once I open any of the menus and/or execute a program from the
> > menu, I'm forever stuck there and the only keystroke that works for me
> > then is the ctrl+alt+backspace to get out and start over.
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:05:33PM +0100, Michael Whapples wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > I think it was last week someone reported a problem with getting
> > > stuck in the top panel (using ArchLinux) and I had also encountered
> > > it. Well some good news, I think I have the cause found. It seems to
> > > be the gnome-keyring-daemon application.
> > >
> > > To fix this you can remove this application from the automatic start
> > > up by going to the top menu (alt+f1), pressing right twice to get
> > > the system menu, press down for the preferences menu, press right to
> > > enter the menu and find start up applications. In the list find the
> > > option for "Certificate and key storage" and press space to uncheck
> > > it and then tab to close. You may need to log out and back in for
> > > the change to take affect.
> > >
> > > Now the technical questions: This is loosing functionality (that
> > > application must be there for a reason and we shouldn't miss out on
> > > those features), so what is it about it causing the problem? Is it
> > > something specific to how Arch starts it (eg. arguments)? Is there
> > > an alternative which doesn't cause the problem?
> > >
> > > Michael Whapples
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