Comment 9 for bug 692189

@Omer,Conor:

I don't think it's in indicator-sound either. If rhythmbox is open, and i run "rhythmbox" from the terminal, the rhythmbox Window List item goes to alert mode, but still does not gain focus.

Just so all cards are on the table: I can't prove anything, but I have a feeling this started happening around the time when there was talk about whether the update manager should steal focus or not. But like I said, I'm not sure about this as that _was_ a while ago...