** Description changed:
- When using seamless applications such as Rdesktop, the window manager
- needs to send ConfigureNotify events. This is specified in ICCCM
- section 4.1.5. Without it, software will hang and wait for a response.
+ # Impact
+ When using seamless applications such as Rdesktop, the window manager needs
to send ConfigureNotify events. This is specified in ICCCM section 4.1.5.
Without it, software will hang and wait for a response.
+ This greatly impacts corporate and enterprise users that are trying to
+ integrate Microsoft Windows applications using Rdesktop.
+
+ # Proposed Fix
A patch has been created here and should be merged:
https://git.gnome.org/browse/metacity/commit/?h=gnome-3-24&id=f09967fc0f1d65fc7b5057b362b9657154a86079
- I have hand tested this patch on GNOME 3.18 on 16.04 LTS and it works.
- We are requesting this to be merged. This greatly impacts corporate and
- enterprise users that are trying to integrate Microsoft Windows
- applications using Rdesktop.
+ # Test Case
+ Use Rdesktop in seamless mode for a while.
+
+ # Regression Potential
+ The reporter has verified the fix, and it works. It has also been in Zesty
since Mar 20th and so far nobody complained.
** Also affects: metacity (Ubuntu Xenial)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: metacity (Ubuntu Yakkety)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: metacity (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Released
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