Bug#321949: gnome-panel: wnck-applet no longer brings windows to front

[Ralph Aichinger]

Package: gnome-panel
Version: 2.10.2-1
Severity: important

Since a recent update, wnck-applet (the "mac-style" window selector
menu in the upper right corner) no longer works for me.

For some (not all, strangely enough) windows, bringing them to
front with (the main purpose of this applet) no longer works.

The window list applet (MS Windows style window selector normally
on the lower edge of the screen) works fine however, therefore
I think it could be a problem with the Window Selector applet.

I already tried purging gnome-panel and metacity, to no avail. Please
ask for any further information you need to debug this problem, I will
gladly provide it.

TIA
/ralph

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (100, 'unstable'), (50, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11.6
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE (charmap=locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages gnome-panel depends on:
ii  gnome-about               2.10.2-1       The GNOME about box
ii  gnome-control-center      1:2.10.1-5     utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gnome-desktop-data        2.10.2-1       Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
ii  gnome-menus               2.10.2-1       an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  gnome-panel-data          2.10.2-1       common files for GNOME 2 panel
ii  libart-2.0-2              2.3.17-1       Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.10.1-2       The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0              2.10.0-1       Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0            2.10.0-1       The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                     2.3.5-3        GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libecal1.2-2              1.2.3-2        Client library for evolution calen
ii  libedataserver1.2-4       1.2.3-2        Utily library for evolution data s
ii  libgconf2-4               2.10.1-1       GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0               1:2.5.1-2      library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.6.6-1        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2        2.10.2-1       Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-menu0            2.10.2-1       an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  libgnome2-0               2.10.1-1       The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomeui-0              2.10.1-1       The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0            2.10.1-5       The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.6.9-1        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  liborbit2                 1:2.12.2-3     libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpanel-applet2-0        2.10.2-1       library for GNOME 2 panel applets
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.8.2-1        Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                  1.7-5          lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libwnck16                 2.10.3-1       Window Navigator Construction Kit 
ii  libx11-6                  6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 X Window System protocol client li
ii  xlibs                     6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 X Window System client libraries m

Versions of packages gnome-panel recommends:
ii  gnome-applets                 2.10.1-5   Various applets for GNOME 2 panel 
ii  gnome-session                 2.10.0-5   The GNOME 2 Session Manager

-- debconf information:
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
	LANGUAGE = (unset),
	LC_ALL = (unset),
	LC_CTYPE = "de_DE",
	LANG = (unset)
    are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory