gnome-terminal doesn't gain focus when I switch to it

[Sean C Sieger]

Stephen R Laniel <steve at laniels.org> writes:

> On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 04:43:55PM -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
>> I can't alt-tab to gnome-terminal since the upgrade. If I click on it on
>> the taskbar, it doesn't gain the focus. Every other application does;
>> just not gnome-terminal.
>
> Hmm. I've been playing with this more, and the problem is
> actually different and broader than I had thought:
>
> 1) It's not just gnome-terminal. Akregator does the same
> thing. Firefox does not.
>
> 2) The trouble is that Firefox, at least, is 'always on
> top.' I can't get gnome-terminal and akregator to come in
> front of Firefox. Though gnome-terminal does, in fact, get
> the focus. It just doesn't come to the front.
>
> 3) I don't think Firefox is the trouble; it hasn't been
> upgraded in a while.
>
> 4) If I minimize Firefox, I can alt-tab between akregator
> and gnome-terminal with no problem.

This may be a related issue: when I click on a hyperlink in some programs -- the only one that comes to mind right now is emacs, as I am always in it -- Firefox doesn't start up on top, it's usually buried beneath many other windows. This is in Hoary.

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Sean