[Bug 28712] gdm loses focus when mouse pointer is outside window (when initially started)

[Tollef Fog Heen]

Public bug report changed:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/28712

Comment:
* Marius Gedminas

| Public bug report changed:
| https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/28712
| 
| Comment:
| This looks like a duplicate of #5951.

Indeed.

--- gdm-2.13.0.9/gui/greeter/greeter.c  2006-02-17 02:08:55.000000000 +0100
+++ gdm-2.13.0.9.xinerama/gui/greeter/greeter.c 2006-03-14 13:15:40.000000000 +0100
@@ -1344,7 +1347,7 @@
       /* Run the focus, note that this will work no matter what
        * since gdm_wm_init will set the display to the gdk one
        * if it fails */
-      gdm_wm_focus_window (GDK_WINDOW_XWINDOW (window->window));
+      gdm_wm_focus_new_windows (TRUE);
     }

   if G_UNLIKELY (session_dir_whacked_out)

is a patch which fixes this problem for me and doesn't appear to have
other effects.

The reason  why gdm_wm_focus_window can't be used is the window is not
mapped yet, so trying to focus it will fail.  I'm unsure why it's not
mapped, though.

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