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weirddan455

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Registered: 2012-04-15

Posts: 209

XFCE terminal opens in background

What I mean by background is usually I just click the terminal shortcut and start typing.  Now I have to click in the window first.  This also happens with the file manager shortcut.  This is a regression although I'm not sure what update caused it.  The problem appears to be with the "exo-open" program that the shortcuts in the quickbar (and also with the "terminal emulator" and "file manager" shortcuts in the Applications menu.)  The "exo-open" program opens whatever terminal or file manager you have set as default.

If I go down to system > Xfce Terminal or Thunar file manager which opens those programs directly I don't have this problem.  They open in the foreground.  The quickbar "exo-open" shortcuts used to do that same.  I'm wondering what changed.

Last edited by weirddan455 (2015-03-21 00:36:48)

weirddan455

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Registered: 2012-04-15

Posts: 209

Re: XFCE terminal opens in background

Nevermind found the regression.  Looks like exo is its own package and was just updated two days ago.  Downgraded from exo-0.10.4-1 to exo-0.10.3-2 and the problem went away.

EDIT:  And bug report opened https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/44282

Not sure whether this should also be reported upstream.

Last edited by weirddan455 (2015-03-21 00:48:04)

Kilzool

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2010-08-04

Posts: 232

Re: XFCE terminal opens in background

Should be fixed / solved, please see:  https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=195140