Unity Launcher Does Not Appear on Mouseover When Apps are Fullscreen

[Les Lamb]

When an application is running full screen, hovering over the left edge of the screen does not invoke the Unity Launcher.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.20.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,grid,compiztoolbox,mousepoll,place,gnomecompat,wall,regex,move,resize,animation,snap,imgpng,vpswitch,session,expo,fade,ezoom,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Fri Sep 30 13:20:43 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 fglrx, 8.881, 3.0.0-11-generic, x86_64: installed
 fglrx, 8.881, 3.0.0-12-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
 ATI Technologies Inc RV730 PRO [Radeon HD 4650] [1002:9498] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Device [174b:e109]
JockeyStatus:
 kmod:fglrx - ATI Fire GL (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
 xorg:fglrx - ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
MachineType: Gateway DX4820
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=5218a6de-504a-42d8-bc66-21e1c3d31b0d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/02/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P01-A1
dmi.board.name: EG43M
dmi.board.vendor: Gateway
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gateway
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP01-A1:bd04/02/2009:svnGateway:pnDX4820:pvr:rvnGateway:rnEG43M:rvr:cvnGateway:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: DX4820
dmi.sys.vendor: Gateway
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu1
version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
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
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

[Bilal Shahid (s9iper1)]

Thank you for reporting the bug to make ubuntu better.
answer me there questions
 1). Is this bug reproduceable?
 2).If so than what steps should we follow to reproduce it?

if possible than attach a vedio of it.

thankx

[Les Lamb (kernelles)]

Thanks, Muhammad! To answer your questions....

1. Yes, it is reproducible, but it is also intermittent. It is happening on both my computers, and with all apps.
2. I can't seem to control it, the problem just comes and goes. It was happening just now with Libre Office and the Screenshot application, so I tried to record a video of it. When I opened Firefox during the video, the problem went away.

However, I did get a screenshot of a program open, showing my mouse against the left edge of the screen and the Unity Launcher still hidden. I will try to get a video the next time this happens, but for now, here is the screenshot.

[Les Lamb (kernelles)]

Oops, looking at my screenshot, I see it didn't record the pointer, even though I had this option selected. Another bug, LOL!

Sorry. Hopefully I can get a video up here soon.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 832150, 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.