I cannot get Gedit to do this when I use it as a text editor, even for extended periods with intermittent thrashing, like loads of edits without a save, etc... It does sound almost hardware specific, maybe failing keyboard.? Stephen On Tue, 2021-11-09 at 12:49 -0800, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Tue, 2021-11-09 at 18:59 +0100, Michael J. Baars wrote: > > Hi Adam, > > > > I didn't install any update, apparently the update is already > > included with > > the release version of Fedora 35, because it won't install from the > > command > > line and the versions from the build match the versions from the > > release. > > This is a fresh installation of Fedora 35 Workstation, done the day > > before > > yesterday. > > > > So, with the updates INCLUDED instead of installed, the mouse > > pointer and > > the cursor (still) act strange when running gedit. When I try to > > move the > > mouse into position and click to move the cursor into position, for > > example > > to cut and past text, both OFTEN (say 50% of these attempts) end up > > on a > > completely different line number, sometimes even selecting some > > text in the > > process. > > > > The updates as provided by the build and as included in the release > > version > > of Fedora 35, do therefore not function as intended. > > > > Precise sequence of steps: > > 1) turn on computer > > 2) open text files from file manager > > 3) start editing > > > > Nothing more, nothing less, nothing out of the ordinary either. The > > problem > > had never reveiled itself on another one of my computers, which is > > still > > running Fedora 32 Workstation. It's definitely new, impossible to > > overlook, > > and impossible to ignore when your used to working with gedit as > > your > > default editor as I am. > > Thanks. So: > > 1. That update was not included in the release. The update was > created > on 2021-11-04, which is *after* the release happened (on 2021-11-02), > let alone when the release was signed off (2021-10-28) or actually > built (I think that was 2021-10-25). The release has gnome-shell- > 41.0- > 4.fc35 and mutter-41.0-4.fc35 . You can see this for yourself at > https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/35/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/g/ > and > https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/35/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/m/ > . This is just a note, as long as you have the updated versions and > have rebooted since installing them, it doesn't really matter where > you > got them. > > 2. The problem you are having is not the problem the update was > intended to fix. I know this because I was the person who noticed the > problem and backported the fix. That problem did not occur simply by > opening a file and editing it, it always involved switching focus > between the text editor and other windows. There are more details on > the bug the update actually fixes at > https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/4647 ;. The update > definitely did fix that problem, because I had it before and I don't > have it now. > > 3. The problem you're hitting now is not likely a general one, or > else > a lot more people would likely be complaining about it, given how > "impossible to overlook" (your words) it is. It's not happening to > me, > for instance. gedit behaves just fine for me. Unless anyone else can > reproduce it by just running gedit, we still need to figure out what > exactly in your configuration is triggering the problem. Maybe you > could record a video of it? That might show something that helps. > > Thanks! > -- > Adam Williamson > Fedora QA > IRC: adamw | Twitter: adamw_ha > https://www.happyassassin.net > > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
