Unity displays in the background (loses focus)

[Lukáš Chmela]

Sometimes after some time of using Ubuntu Oneiric, Unity loses focus completely displaying behind all opened applications as if they were marked "always on top", even above the unity panel, dash, application switcher etc.

It happens sometimes when I launch a full screen application in wine or run a flash video in full screen, I can't really precise how exactly does it happen.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.24.0-0ubuntu2b1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,grid,resize,imgpng,move,unitymtgrabhandles,regex,obs,resizeinfo,opacify,place,compiztoolbox,gnomecompat,session,mousepoll,thumbnail,animation,workarounds,wall,wobbly,expo,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Sat Nov 5 14:23:37 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-10-13 18:03:06.517591
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: fglrx, 8.892, 3.0.0-12-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
 ATI Technologies Inc Broadway PRO [Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series] [1002:68a1] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:038c]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
JockeyStatus:
 xorg:fglrx_updates - ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
 xorg:fglrx - ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
MachineType: Acer Aspire 8943G
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=cs_CZ.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=099129b9-b3c5-446d-ad9b-b68a81006d99 ro splash quiet quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-16 (20 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/11/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix
dmi.bios.version: V1.06
dmi.board.name: SM83-CP
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenix:bvrV1.06:bd08/11/2010:svnAcer:pnAspire8943G:pvrNotApplicable:rvnAcer:rnSM83-CP:rvrNotApplicable:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 8943G
dmi.product.version: Not Applicable
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu5
version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu26
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 N/A
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

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Eduardo Rivas (jerivasmelgar)]

I'm surprised this hasn't been assigned any importance, its very annoying. I'm attaching a few more screenshots, you can see the Dash and Alt-tab switcher are behind a window. I've observed that in my case it has something to do with using GIMP.

[Javier Cabezas (javier-cabezas)]

I have the same problems in a laptop with a NVIDIA 400M, using the proprietary driver.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 859405, 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.