Confirmed. I can reproduce this now (briefly). And the bug goes away while the unityshell plugin is disabled. It seems like the issue is possibly the global menu creating an active grab. Though the bug went away completely when I restarted the unityshell plugin !?
** Description changed: + TESTCASE: + + 1. Open a gnome-terminal. + 2. While holding Alt, tap arrow keys: Up, Down, Right, Left + 3. Verify the terminal shows the keycodes were received as text "ABCD". + + + ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: Summary summarizes it all. Noticed after the latest bunch of updates. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: firefox 11.0~b7+build1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.29-generic 3.2.9 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: - **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** - card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] - Subdevices: 1/1 - Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 + **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** + card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] + Subdevices: 1/1 + Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: - USER PID ACCESS COMMAND - /dev/snd/controlC1: maniac 1593 F.... pulseaudio - /dev/snd/controlC0: maniac 1593 F.... pulseaudio + USER PID ACCESS COMMAND + /dev/snd/controlC1: maniac 1593 F.... pulseaudio + /dev/snd/controlC0: maniac 1593 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20120309125033 Card0.Amixer.info: - Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xc4500000 irq 46' - Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD81B1X5' - Components : 'HDA:111d7605,103c1436,00100402' - Controls : 17 - Simple ctrls : 10 + Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xc4500000 irq 46' + Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD81B1X5' + Components : 'HDA:111d7605,103c1436,00100402' + Controls : 17 + Simple ctrls : 10 Card1.Amixer.info: - Card hw:1 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xc4420000 irq 48' - Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' - Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200' - Controls : 6 - Simple ctrls : 1 + Card hw:1 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xc4420000 irq 48' + Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' + Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200' + Controls : 6 + Simple ctrls : 1 Card1.Amixer.values: - Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 - Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum - Playback channels: Mono - Mono: Playback [on] + Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 + Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum + Playback channels: Mono + Mono: Playback [on] Channel: beta Date: Tue Mar 13 00:31:51 2012 ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: - auto lo - iface lo inet loopback + auto lo + iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) IpRoute: - default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0 proto static - 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000 - 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.3 metric 2 + default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0 proto static + 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000 + 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.3 metric 2 Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=11.0/20120309125033 (Running) RfKill: - 0: phy0: Wireless LAN - Soft blocked: no - Hard blocked: no + 0: phy0: Wireless LAN + Soft blocked: no + Hard blocked: no RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-01 (11 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: F.26 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 1436 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: 59.24 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU112103Y dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.26:bd12/01/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPENVY14NotebookPC:pvr058D120000241910001620100:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1436:rvr59.24:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: HP ENVY 14 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: 058D120000241910001620100 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/953783 Title: Alt+arrows keyboard shortcuts don't invoke Back and Forward navigation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/953783/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
