Unity Windows return to the wrong place in multi-moniter

[Andrew Bancroft]

Binary package hint: unity

When a window is minimized or an icon is placed on the unity panel, the window or icon's animation flys towards the left side of the left hand moniter (even though it has no unity panel).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.8.10-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
DRM.card0.HDMI.A.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1280x1024 1152x864 1024x768 1024x768 1024x768 832x624 800x600 800x600 640x480 640x480 720x400
 edid-base64: AP///////wAebdpK9qkAAAUQAQNoJh546qKlo1dMnSURUFSlaoAxT0VPYU+BgAEBAQEBAQEBMCoAmFEAKkAwcBMAeC0RAAAeAAAA/QA4Sx5GCwAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABNMTkxN0EKICAgICAgAAAA/AAKACAgICAgICAgICAgALg=
Date: Wed Apr 20 22:26:44 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 ATI Technologies Inc RV710 [Radeon HD 4350] [1002:954f] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Hightech Information System Ltd. Device [1787:2008]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
InstallationMedia__: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=4f56d13d-1499-460e-b05e-6c1d928e3c0c ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
ProcVersionSignature__: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/15/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0407
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: M4A78-VM IN/SI
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0407:bd07/15/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM4A78-VMIN/SI:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu12
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Can you please make a video of to show the problem you are facing and attach it to this bug report.

[papukaija (papukaija)]

We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information? Thanks!

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Confirming this bug from the duplicate and also I believe the root cause for this and bug 773703 is the same so fixing one should fix the other.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

thanks for the report. Is that still an issue in Ubuntu 12.04??

[Colin Law (colin-law)]

I am seeing this on Quantal, at least I think it is the same issue. Two monitors side by side, launcher on right hand monitor, app window on left monitor. Minimise the app and it flies left instead of right, towards the launcher. I can't get excited about it however, I had not even noticed that it flies at all until I saw this bug.

[Cas (calumlind)]

Since the last time I tested this I think it is better as the animation for the monitor with the launcher is correct but as Colin stated it is still is an issue, and in Precise I see the wrong animation for the lefthand non-launcher monitor.

[Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)]

Status changed to 'Triaged' because the bug is:

- Valid.
- Well described.
- Reported in the upstream bug tracker (Launchpad).
- Ready to be worked on by a developer.

[PS Jenkins bot (ps-jenkins)]

Fix committed into lp:unity at revision None, scheduled for release in unity, milestone 7.2.0

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 7.1.2+14.04.20131106.1-0ubuntu1

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unity (7.1.2+14.04.20131106.1-0ubuntu1) trusty; urgency=low

  [ Ted Gould ]
  * Clean up NIH Errors so they don't get reported on exit. (LP:
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  [ Brandon Schaefer ]
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  * Get the current char before moving on to the next char!.

  [ Marco Trevisan (Treviño) ]
  * UnityScreen: also redraw the HudView if it has not been fully
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  * OverlayRenderer: only and correctly initialize the BGLayer when not
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  * Launcher: desaturate the inactive icons when in Spread mode. (LP:
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  * Support libxpathselect1.4. (LP: #1243529)
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  [ Lars Uebernickel ]
  * panel-service.c: don't warn about unknown image type unnecessarily
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  [ Chris Townsend ]
  * Instead of using NeedSoftRedraw(), use QueueDraw() for the Launcher
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[Stephen M. Webb (bregma)]

Commit message in Ubuntu indicates this was released into Ubuntu. Needs a reason to change the status to deny that.

[Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)]

Sorry, I changed this for error (and did again for unity!).

[Stephen M. Webb (bregma)]

Well, it's not actually released upstream in Unity yet (yeah, I know, weird right? Ubuntu does rolling releases of certain projects even though the upstreams do not, which can get hellaconfused for folks not intimately involved, and also for some who _are_ intimately involved). No biggie, though.

[Stephen M. Webb (bregma)]

Fix Released in Unity Unity 7.2.0.