Package: sun-java6-jdk Version: 6-10-2 Severity: important
Applications implemented in Java (and also in Tcl/Tk and Python with Tkinter) fail to raise their own toplevel windows when working under the Metacity window manager. You can retrieve a small test from http://www.ncc.up.pt/gpsman/tmp/Controller.java http://www.ncc.up.pt/gpsman/tmp/Raisewindow.java [compile and run with: javac Controller.java ; java Controller] This test creates 3 windows each with two buttons for raising the other two using the standard tofront method. To reproduce the bug, run the program under Metacity, move the windows so that they partially overlap the others and then try to use the buttons. There will be only a change of focus but the windows are not raised. Under other window managers (kwin, sawfish, wmaker, fvwm2) the program works as expected. I submitted a bug report to Bugzilla http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=567528 but the last answer to it was that I should file a bug with the language developers as they "need to provide a way to send _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW (and with a correct timestamp!)" when trying to "bring this window to user's attention". As Metacity is used by default in many Debian distributions this problem is likely to severely affect many applications and therefore two weeks ago I also submitted a general bug report to Debian http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512401 that was not answered in any way, apart from an automatic reply. Best regards, Miguel Filgueiras -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages sun-java6-jdk depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.7-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libx11-6 2:1.1.5-2 X11 client-side library ii sun-java6-bin 6-10-2 Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment ( sun-java6-jdk recommends no packages. Versions of packages sun-java6-jdk suggests: pn sun-java6-demo <none> (no description available) pn sun-java6-doc <none> (no description available) pn sun-java6-source <none> (no description available) -- debconf information: * shared/accepted-sun-dlj-v1-1: true shared/error-sun-dlj-v1-1: * shared/present-sun-dlj-v1-1: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
