Hi,

I can't reproduce this myself (I've tried on i386 and amd64) but martin f krafft <ma**@de**.org> says that he is still affected by this problem in the latest version.  Perhaps you will have more ideas about how to debug this...

Here's his original bug report:

  Right-clicking on the workrave counter window and selecting mode,
  then clicking on either of normal/suspend/quiet often does not have
  any effect. I click on normal and return to the window to find the
  bullet still next to suspend. It can take 2-4 tries before workrave
  finally switches the mode. It's the same on i386 and am64, both
  running sid.

This bug first appeared on Windows... A few days ago, I encountered the same problem on Linux... Fixed....