Ubuntu icon turns white and the bar doesn't hide

[Leo Arias]

After some time using the system, the ubuntu icon turns white. Then, the bar stops hiding. This is really boring because the bar will hide the left side of the maximized windows.

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 i686
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 81930af63079f2338f4c43e113217453
CheckboxSystem: ed86e29ffba809c116a39e33fa9fc45c
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: None
Date: Fri Nov 11 10:05:00 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27ae] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:019c]
   Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:019c]
MachineType: Acer Aspire one
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=d82e6ad5-ed73-400b-8466-92e45705250a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 01/16/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: V1.01
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Aspire one
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: V1.01
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: V1.01
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.01:bd01/16/2009:svnAcer:pnAspireone:pvrV1.01:rvnAcer:rnAspireone:rvrV1.01:cvnAcer:ct1:cvrV1.01:
dmi.product.name: Aspire one
dmi.product.version: V1.01
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu5
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

[Gerry Boland (gerboland)]

Hey,
this happens when the Launcher is given keyboard focus, say when you press Alt+F1. However clicking away should cause the focus to go away, and normal operation to resume.

If you hit Alt+F1 and click on another app, does the Launcher hide? You are not using "focus follows mouse" are you? Have you any rough idea what you were doing when this happened first?

[Leo Arias (elopio)]

Yes, after Alt+F1 it gets back to normal. Thanks, now I don't have to logout.

I have no idea of what was I doing when this happened first. Definitely nothing with settings of unity or the system, as I only use this machine for chat and email. Last week I tried to enable zoom and the compiz zoom plugin; everything broke and I reseted unity. This doesn't sound related as the problem appeared some days after the reset, but it's worth mentioning.

I don't have "focus follows mouse".

[Gerry Boland (gerboland)]

Hmmm, are you running Compiz with Unity2D? How did you manage that?

That is an untested configuration for us. Not that we don't want it to work, we just need more resources!

I know you loose some of the eye-candy, but if you could use the standard Metacity window manager with Unity2D for a day or two to see if this bug re-appears, I'd be grateful.

[Leo Arias (elopio)]

Um, I thought that the unity --reset got me back to all defaults and metacity and stuff.
I did metacity --replace. Now I'll mark this bug as incomplete to see if it happens again.

Thanks Gerry and Omer.

[Gerry Boland (gerboland)]

Hey Leo,
yes I can see what you were thinking. Unity is actually a plugin for Compiz, whereas Unity2D is a set of applications running with the Metacity window manager. Is it quite possible to use Compiz with Unity2D (disabling the Unity plugin to Compiz via ccsm), but again we don't test (nor support) that case, so bugs like this one may occur.

Thanks for your input. If this bug reoccurs just with Metacity, please let us know.

[Leo Arias (elopio)]

This still happens while using Metacity. It seems less often, but it occurs like once a day.
Can I help you attaching some logs or debugging something?

[Gerry Boland (gerboland)]

Hi Leo
you're still seeing this I assume. We're not ignoring you, we're just tacking features right now before we concentrate on stability. Finding out a way of determining the cause of this bug is important, and right now I don't have any obvious idea. I'll do my best however.
-G

[Leo Arias (elopio)]

I don't feel ignored, don't worry :)

[dino99 (9d9)]

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