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On Aug 11, 2011 6:03 PM, "Steven Stern" <<a href="mailto:subscribed-lists@sterndata.com">subscribed-lists@sterndata.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On 08/11/2011 03:37 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote:<br>
> > On Thu, 2011-08-11 at 11:44 -0500, Steven Stern wrote:<br>
> >> I've been using Gnome Shell since the alphas of F15 and I keep hoping<br>
> >> that a few things get fixed. I don't know if they're general problems<br>
> >> or widespread. I've make a point of putting things in Bugzilla. But, my<br>
> >> problems are not going away.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Big problems:<br>
> >><br>
> >> 1. Pressing ALT-TAB crashes the shell.<br>
> >> 2. Once the screen blanking has been in effect for more than 2 hours<br>
> >> (or so) I have to use SSH to kill the shell in order to regain access to<br>
> >> the system.<br>
> > Not that this will solve your problem but on my machine when I type<br>
> > ALT-TAB , I get a window with icons for all the applications alive in<br>
> > the workspace and I can pick the one I want to run on top.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> That's how it's supposed to work *and used to work* but at some point in<br>
> the not too distant past, pressing Alt-Tab causes the shell to crash and<br>
> be recreated. I'm tired of filing bug reports that are ignored.<br>
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> --<br>
> -- Steve<br></p>
<p>Just find another environment. </p>
<p>It's one thing to persevere and file bug reports. It's another thing to be ignored. </p>
<p>Xfce works well for me with dual displays. Lxde is nice, but gets confused with dual displays. </p>
<p>afterstep is available from 3rd party repos. </p>
<p>Tiling managers at available, such as rat poison. </p>
<p>As for me, I stuck it out for a few months then switched. Case closed. </p>
<p>Hth, <br>
-paul<br>
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