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gnome-system-tools package

Typing break does not always lock keyboard

Bug #187734 reported by Max
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gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Occasionally, when the typing break overlays the take a break screen, it is still possible to type into the application that had focus when the break was started. The application window is dimmed out by the take a break screen, but is still fully controllable by the keyboard! This lets you continue to work for the full duration of the "break".

I don't know if it's relevant, but I have enabled postponing of breaks.

This bug is intermittent - I have not yet been able to work out exactly what triggers it.

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Max (mjs510) wrote :

The bug has just reoccurred - I'm actually adding this comment whilst the Take a break! screen is displayed. ;-)

It turns out that alt-tab works perfectly during the take a break mode, so I can even switch between windows. Alt- triggers the menus as well, so my work is pretty much unimpeded by the typing break. The only thing that doesn't work is the mouse.

As stated before, this bug does not occur every time a break is triggered. It's probably worth mentioning that I have dual-monitors, just in case that affects things.

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote : Package assigned

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. I have classified this bug as a bug in gnome-system-tools.

For future reference you might be interested to know that a lot of applications have bug reporting functionality built in to them. This can be accessed via the Report a Problem option in the Help menu for the application with which you are having an issue. You can learn more about this feature at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

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Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote :

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 or 9.04?

Changed in gnome-system-tools:
status: New → Incomplete
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Max (mjs510) wrote :

Yes. I still get it occasionally with 8.10.

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Victor Vargas (kamus) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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