This message indicates that the focus behavior for new windows should be controlled by the setting of a gconf key called /apps/metacity/general/focus_new_windows:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2006-April/009538.html According to the above, if one issues the command gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/focus_new_windows --type string strict then new windows won't get focus unless they appear under the mouse pointer. The long description in gconf is "This option provides additional control over how newly created windows get focus. It has two possible values; "smart" applies the user's normal focus mode, and "strict" results in windows started from a terminal not being given focus." However, on my system (Dapper, with focus_mode set to "mouse") newly- created windows always get the focus even when focus_new_windows is set to "strict"). For example, typing 'xterm' in a gnome-terminal causes an xterm to pop up, and the focus goes to the new xterm even though the mouse pointer is at the original gnome-terminal. -- New windows shouldn't steal focus https://launchpad.net/bugs/51242 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
