Not sure what's going on with metacity/gconf, but I tried: gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/focus_new_windows --type string strict and though the setting was changed (checked with gconf-editor), there's no change in metacity's behaviour.
-- New windows shouldn't steal focus https://launchpad.net/bugs/51242 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
