> The patch makes me nervous; passing on GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS looks to me (from > my admittedly non-expert reading) to potentially break a number of other > things. Supposedly, Flash support in Web browsers relies on non-native > windows, among other things. > > There's an alternative way to get GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS set on just the panel. > Move /usr/bin/gnome-panel to /usr/bin/gnome-panel.bin and create the > following shell script as /usr/bin/gnome-panel: > > ----- > #!/bin/sh > > GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 > export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS > > exec /usr/bin/gnome-panel.bin > ----- > > It's a hack (and will be undone next time gnome-panel updates, and leave the > gnome-panel.bin file behind as cruft), but if you do that and gnome-panel > works properly under synergy, then we've confirmed that setting native > windows on just the panel will fix the problem. > > Once we've figured that out, we can see if the gnome-panel folks in Debian > are willing to accept a more permanent fix, or if anyone with Synergy > upstream has an idea what might be going on.
Your workaround works like a charm. Today all day I've had no issues. I've also experienced no "collateral damage" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
