unity auto-hidden launcher stopped revealing

[Andrei Dziahel]

Repro:

1. Set "Auto-hide launcher" at Settings -> Desktop
2. try to reveal it with configured action

Expected behavior: launcher is revealed

What happens instead: launcher is not revealed. Even launcher shadow indicating it will pop up soon doesn't show up.

Here's video I have recorded.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.16.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-31.50-generic 3.2.28
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
Date: Tue Sep 25 18:34:02 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Andrei Dziahel (develop7)]

Aw. Sorry. Here's video I mentioned in previous comment: http://youtu.be/XAQpO5ysxNE

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 931982, so is being marked as such. Any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to report any other bugs you may find

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

see this comment: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/931982/comments/9 for a workaround. thx

[Andrei Dziahel (develop7)]

@om26er, thanks for suggestion, but playing with "Launcher Reveal Pressure" (in particular, setting it to 1) doesn't resolve my issue

in fact, video mentioned above was recorded right after running "unity --reset"

so I'd say duplicate status is wrong. Here's verbose explanation why:

as far as I get issue described in #931982, users are unable to show launcher due to high "pressure" value. they get launcher shadow show up, but do not move mouse pointer enough to reveal launcher.

my case seems different. referring to video I have recorded — when you see mouse pointer moving up&down bumping left side of desktop, I was actually moving mouse left all the way. but I saw no launcher shadow, as well as any sign of launcher response.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Andrei Dziahel (develop7)]

Is there any info I can provide to help resolve this issue?

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

The issue it seems is with the latest nvidia driver.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

I marked it as duplicate of bug 1057000