All window titles are static

Bug #893925 reported by Rafael R. Sevilla
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Bug Description

I noticed that all window titles are always static. I used to look at the title bar of Firefox to see what the title of the current website I'm viewing is. Now, it always says just "Mozilla Firefox". I sometimes open documents in Libre Office by using the File-Open dialog, and it looks extremely strange to see the window title say 'Untitled Document 1' or (worse yet) the file name of the previous document! I open an image in GIMP and where the title bar of the image I am editing used to reflect changes I make (e.g. I change the image size to some other value, it shows the new value), but now it still shows the old value. If I save the file to some other name, the window title still shows the old name. Nautilus will always show 'Home' in its title bar no matter where I go.
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.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
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
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-11-07 11:09:46.337628
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 ATI Technologies Inc M92 [Mobility Radeon HD 4500/5100 Series] [1002:9553] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:9071]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
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: Sony Corporation VPCEA15FG
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: unity 4.24.0-0ubuntu2b1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_PH.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-13-generic root=UUID=6f1dd8e2-2eac-4c37-a6de-dd9be8f7acfd ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
Tags: oneiric running-unity oneiric running-unity oneiric running-unity ubuntu compiz-0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-07 (15 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare vboxusers video
dmi.bios.date: 03/17/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: R0260Y8
dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.board.name: VAIO
dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrR0260Y8:bd03/17/2010:svnSonyCorporation:pnVPCEA15FG:pvrC604QF3N:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: VPCEA15FG
dmi.product.version: C604QF3N
dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu6
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 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

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Rafael R. Sevilla (dido-sevilla) wrote :

Observed on Ubuntu 11.10
Unity 4.24.0-0ubuntu2b1

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

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status: New → Confirmed
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Daniel Ejsing-Duun (zilvador) wrote :

It happens to me as well in most programs, i.e. gedit, nautilus, Libreoffice. It does not (at least always) happen in Firefoz and Thunderbird.

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

Which graphics card you use, which driver do you use?

When reporting a unity bug it is really helpful to report it using the command 'ubuntu-bug unity' so that the bug report have alot of useful logs about your system... Can you run 'apport-collect 893925' in a terminal so that we have a little information about your system, Moreover I believe a video to show the problem would also be really helpful. Thanks!

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status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Changed in unity:
status: New → Incomplete
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Rafael R. Sevilla (dido-sevilla) wrote : BootDmesg.txt

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Rafael R. Sevilla (dido-sevilla) wrote :

I've created a video that illustrates what's going on here. I open LibreOffice Writer, and open a file. Note how the file is loaded, but the title bar of LibreOffice Writer still says 'Untitled 1 - LIbreOffice Writer' rather than changing to say 'testdoc1.odt - LibreOffice Writer' as it should. Sorry about the video quality, but using one of the desktop recording applications produces even worse results.

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Daniel Ejsing-Duun (zilvador) wrote :

This is still an issue. It says taht the bug will expire if no activity occurs, but I hope it won't be forgotten.

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 781384, 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.

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