Public bug reported: I added a System Monitor "applet" (or whatever it's called...) to the Unity main menu bar (don't know its proper name either). When clicked, it shows a drop-down menu with various statistics, which is as it should be.
However, it shares the menu bar with other items, e.g. the user switcher and the power off button. When those are clicked, they show their own drop-down menus, but since I added the system monitor applet, for some reason the applet's drop-down menu appears instead of e.g. the user switcher menu, in effect preventing user switching or even suspending the machine from the menu. The workaround is to use keyboard shortcuts to switch to a different user (<Ctrl>-<Alt>-F7/F8/F9) or suspend the machine. The problem is illustrated with the attached screenshot: http://www.screenshots.cc/show/67254/675ja The screenshot did not capture the mouse pointer, but the mouse was in the upper right corner, not the upper left where the system monitor is. It might be worth pointing out that the problem does not occur with all icons in the menu bar, e.g. the calendar works fine. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: unity 4.28.0-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-17.30-generic-pae 3.0.22 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,imgpng,regex,compiztoolbox,gnomecompat,move,unitymtgrabhandles,mousepoll,resize,wall,vpswitch,snap,grid,place,animation,fade,session,expo,workarounds,scale,ezoom,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Tue Apr 24 09:15:57 2012 DistUpgraded: Log time: 2012-01-24 09:09:40.258648 DistroCodename: oneiric DistroVariant: ubuntu GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1619] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP ProBook 6560b ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-17-generic-pae root=UUID=136a2f2d-03fa-4f3c-9f25-af79242e304f ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-01-24 (90 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 09/29/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: 68SCE Ver. F.20 dmi.board.name: 1619 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: KBC Version 97.49 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68SCEVer.F.20:bd09/29/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPProBook6560b:pvrA0001D02:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1619:rvrKBCVersion97.49:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.name: HP ProBook 6560b dmi.product.version: A0001D02 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu6.1 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3.2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3.2 version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7.1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1 ** Affects: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug compiz-0.9 i386 oneiric running-unity ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/987667 Title: system monitor drop-down menu hiding other drop-down menus To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/987667/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
