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Alt-Tab task switcher appears behind all other widows

Bug #881467 reported by Brad Figg on 2011-10-25

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #859405: [master] Remaining corner cases where windows receive invalid stack positions. Edit Remove

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	unity (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I had been happily alt-tabbing for quite some time when suddenly, it was no longer showing. I closed all the windows and there it was, hiding behind them all. Not very useful.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.22.0-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 280.13 Wed Jul 27 16:53:56 PDT 2011
GCC version: gcc version 4.6.1 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.1-9ubuntu3)
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Tue Oct 25 07:48:08 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 280.13, 3.0.0-12-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
nVidia Corporation GF100 [GeForce GTX 480] [10de:06c0] (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:1482]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110930)
JockeyStatus:
xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
xorg:nvidia_current_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=77a34ee0-5e0d-4618-8c18-1551ab5236f5 ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M initcall_debug printk.time=1
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/15/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.bios.version: LCPBG10J.86A.0548.2011.0715.2025
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrLCPBG10J.86A.0548.2011.0715.2025:bd07/15/2011:svn:pn:pvr:rvn:rn:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvr:
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu3
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.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
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

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Brad Figg (brad-figg) wrote on 2011-10-25:

.proc.driver.nvidia.params.txt Edit (455 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (127.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootLog.gz Edit (674 bytes, application/x-gzip)
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (17.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (5.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgLog.txt Edit (394.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (37.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmLog.txt Edit (5.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (34.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (473 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
MonitorsUser.xml.txt Edit (982 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (10.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (5.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (2.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (150.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (317.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UnitySupportTest.txt Edit (588 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (1.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (18.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (19.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (633 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
locale.txt Edit (327 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
nvidia-settings.txt Edit (398.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
peripherals.txt Edit (612 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (270 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (22.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xinput.txt Edit (680 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (55.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2011-11-03:

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

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

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