This option in workarounds is a hack and currently unsupported. On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Omer Akram <[email protected]> wrote: > ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) > Status: Confirmed => Triaged > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a member of Unity > Bugs, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/758253 > > Title: > unity-compiz develops focus problems and sends input to minimized > windows when 'Keep previews of minimized windows' is enabled > > Status in Compiz: > New > Status in Unity: > Invalid > Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: unity > > Recently unity-compiz has been getting itself into a state on my PC > where it loses track of windows, with the following symptoms: > > a) Without being prompted, it decides that a particular window is > 'always on top'. If you click on another application, the original > window stays on top. > > b) Even if you minimize this window, input is still sent to it when > the mouse is over the location where the window last was seen. > > So if for instance the window mistakenly 'always on top' is gnome- > terminal and there is a firefox window open, if I minimize gnome- > terminal so that only firefox is showing, when I move the mouse over > the section of firefox that was formerly covered by gnome-terminal, > the mouse cursor turns into a 'typing input' cursor, and I can't click > on links etc in firefox, and that part of firefox becomes unusable. It > doesn't have to be firefox - for instance, I had the problem in apport > and I couldn't click on the 'Send' button because the input was being > sent to the minimized window. > > If the window 'always on top' is nautilus and it is minimized, when I > move the cursor over its former location in say firefox and press the > right mouse button, I get the nautilus popup menu. > > Closing the 'always on top' window makes the problem go away but then > compiz often mysteriously chooses another window to be 'always on > top'. > > This has been happening more and more frequently. I am also using the > unity desktop more heavily now by opening more windows at once. > > I have been running a natty VM in VirtualBox at the same time as > running natty in the host (where I am seeing the issue) in case that > makes a difference. > > Any suggestions on how to debug this further? > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 > Package: unity 3.8.6-0ubuntu1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 > Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64 > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia > Architecture: amd64 > CheckboxSubmission: 1bd8e90541d49b96c13cbfcc9baf103b > CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a555815fa1c4660280da308 > CompizPlugins: > [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,compiztoolbox,dbus,staticswitcher,place,session,mousepoll,resize,vpswitch,move,wall,snap,gnomecompat,regex,thumbnail,extrawm,animation,workarounds,fade,expo,scale,unityshell] > Date: Tue Apr 12 08:57:38 2011 > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100224.1) > ProcEnviron: > LANGUAGE=en_AU:en > PATH=(custom, user) > LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: unity > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-11 (0 days ago) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/758253/+subscriptions >
-- Sam Spilsbury -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/758253 Title: unity-compiz develops focus problems and sends input to minimized windows when 'Keep previews of minimized windows' is enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/758253/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~compiz Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~compiz More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
