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[Hardy] Using Mouse Selection with Ring Switcher causes Compiz crash

Bug #217592 reported by Conrad Knauer
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: compiz

Using Hardy current to the repositories as of April 14.

I have Compiz enabled
and used simple-ccsm to set ring switcher as my switcher under the effects tab
and compizconfig-settings-manager to "Allow Mouse Selection" (under Ring Switcher -> Misc. Options tab)

Up until a few days ago (possibly with the April 11 updates, though I don't remember exactly) the mouse selection with alt-tab worked fine.

Now using it crashes Compiz (if I then go to Appearance/Vistual Effects its set to "None"; setting it back to "Custom" gets it working again). Curiously, I am not getting any error messages when this happens.

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Conrad Knauer (atheoi) wrote :

Aha! When it crashes, it adds a .crash file in /var/crash

Attaching...

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Conrad Knauer (atheoi) wrote :

Oh, also, I don't know if this helps or not, but I had previously also set <Alt>Tab to invoke "Next Window (All Workspaces)" and <Super>Tab to invoke "Next Window" (I swapped them). Thus when I said that I was using alt-tab, it was to use ring switcher across all workspaces.

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LinuxBladeGuy (spam-nashira) wrote :

Same thing happens for me...

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Conrad Knauer (atheoi) wrote :

Based on confirmation by LinuxBladeGuy, I am setting the Status to "Confirmed"...

Changed in compiz:
status: New → Confirmed
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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

Thanks for your bugreport.

I can confirm this crash with your instructions. Upstream (Danny is my hero) fixed it a couple of minutes ago in compiz git.

Changed in compiz:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Conrad Knauer (atheoi) wrote :

Spiffy! As of the last update:

---
Commit Log for Mon Apr 21 20:14:53 2008

Upgraded the following packages:

[...]
compiz (1:0.7.4-0ubuntu5) to 1:0.7.4-0ubuntu6
compiz-core (1:0.7.4-0ubuntu5) to 1:0.7.4-0ubuntu6
compiz-fusion-plugins-main (0.7.4-0ubuntu3) to 0.7.4-0ubuntu4
compiz-gnome (1:0.7.4-0ubuntu5) to 1:0.7.4-0ubuntu6
compiz-plugins (1:0.7.4-0ubuntu5) to 1:0.7.4-0ubuntu6
[...]
---

Its working without crashing for me! :-)

Would anyone else like to confirm so that we can mark this as "Fix Released"?

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Travis Watkins (amaranth) wrote :

Yep, fixed. That's what that upload what meant to do. :)

Changed in compiz:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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