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Firefox is always on top of other windows!!

Bug #1023683 reported by Maher on 2012-07-12

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This bug affects 5 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	firefox (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

In Ubuntu 12.04 the Firefox windows can't be minimized
I thought is is bug in the Unity, but it seems only Firefox shows such behaviour.
I try to minimize it, it would be minimized, then clicking on other program to maximize --> Firefox window would pop up over all windows.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: firefox 13.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-27.43-generic 3.2.21
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu11
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC1: maher 27768 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC0: maher 27768 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20120615112143
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xf6500000 irq 52'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC892'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0892,15585102,00100302'
   Controls : 38
   Simple ctrls : 21
Card1.Amixer.info:
Card hw:1 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xf6080000 irq 17'
   Mixer name : 'Nvidia GPU 15 HDMI/DP'
   Components : 'HDA:10de0015,10de0101,00100100'
   Controls : 24
   Simple ctrls : 4
Channel: release
Date: Wed Jul 11 22:10:38 2012
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
IpRoute:
default via 192.168.2.1 dev wlan0 proto static
169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000
192.168.2.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.13 metric 2
MostRecentCrashID: bp-a64bd39b-b84b-420d-b5ef-1b2d22120408
PrefErrors: Unexpected character before close parenthesis @ [Profile]/<email address hidden>/defaults/preferences/zotero.js:11
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=13.0.1/20120615112143 (In use)
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
SubmittedCrashIDs:
bp-a64bd39b-b84b-420d-b5ef-1b2d22120408
bp-653f534e-1816-432a-96f6-75c5b2120408
bp-120d67dd-ccd4-4e68-b127-435442120408
bp-977b139f-8065-46cc-b9c6-172a42120330
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-08 (64 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/09/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 4.6.4
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Applicable
dmi.board.name: Serval Professional
dmi.board.vendor: System76, Inc.
dmi.board.version: serp7
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: System76, Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: serp7
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr4.6.4:bd08/09/2011:svnSystem76,Inc.:pnServalProfessional:pvrserp7:rvnSystem76,Inc.:rnServalProfessional:rvrserp7:cvnSystem76,Inc.:ct10:cvrserp7:
dmi.product.name: Serval Professional
dmi.product.version: serp7
dmi.sys.vendor: System76, Inc.

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Maher (maherali) wrote on 2012-07-12:

#1

AlsaDevices.txt Edit (980 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AplayDevices.txt Edit (685 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ArecordDevices.txt Edit (274 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (57.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CRDA.txt Edit (200 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card0.Amixer.values.txt Edit (4.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card0.Codecs.codec.0.txt Edit (15.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card1.Amixer.values.txt Edit (499 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card1.Codecs.codec.0.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card1.Codecs.codec.1.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card1.Codecs.codec.2.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card1.Codecs.codec.3.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (78.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Extensions.txt Edit (2.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IpAddr.txt Edit (804 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IwConfig.txt Edit (547 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Locales.txt Edit (736 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (14.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciMultimedia.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciNetwork.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Plugins.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PrefSources.txt Edit (835 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Prefs.txt Edit (2.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (7.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (141 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PulseList.txt Edit (30.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RelatedPackageVersions.txt Edit (194 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Themes.txt Edit (242 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (17.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-09-05:

#2

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Etienne (etsnyman) wrote on 2012-11-01:

#3

This affects me very negatively. I often need Firefox open along with other windows, and I will not be upgrading to 12.10 any time soon.

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Alberto Ueda (albertoueda) wrote on 2012-11-07:

#4

Hi, I had the same problem and I solved finding the problematic extension/plugin.

First I used this:
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/924733

In my case, the extension that was the "Global Menu Bar integration 3.5.4", which integrates the FF menu to the Unity panel. When I disabled it and restarted the FF, the "always on top" problem was solved.

Probably some integration to Unity no longer works, but for now it's ok for me.

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Etienne (etsnyman) wrote on 2012-11-12:

#5

It appears that if I have BOTH the Delicious.com extension installed, and the Global Menu Bar extension, this bug would occur. However, when I switched "back to classic" in the Delicious extension, the problem was solved. Does anyone else with this bug also have the Delicious.com extension installed?

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Jean-Rene Bastien (jrbastien) wrote on 2013-03-09:

#6

Yes, I can confirm that I have this problem also. When I turn off the Delicious extension the problem is gone. Notice that using the classic mode did not solve my problem.

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote on 2013-03-09:

#7

The problem should be reported to the developers of the Delicious extension instead

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Invalid

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