Source games not letting me tab out.

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theShaggy
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Source games not letting me tab out.

Post by theShaggy »

Hi guys,

Up until recently, I've been able to tab out of Source engine games (L4D2, TF2, and so forth) without a problem. It's never given me an issue before, so I can tab out and check for IMs and such.

However, recently it won't let me do so. It may have been because I reinstalled Lucid Lynx Ubuntu, but now if anything brings the taskbar to the front, the game still runs but it won't let me refocus. The taskbar stays up, and the gamescreen shrinks ever-so-slightly, as if it is in a window-picker.

What could be doing this, any suggestions on how to fix it? Other games seem to work fine.
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Post by theShaggy »

Just an update - when it does this, I can right-click on the taskbar and select "move." This allows me to move the whole window around the screen and use things underneath it, but otherwise it is entirely unresponsive to mouse clicks.

Any thoughts?
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