smart placement mode incorrectly places windows [0.9.8 r3110 regression]

[Eric Schnarr]

When using ppa:vanvugt/compiz-preproposed, which contains a fix for bug 862430, "smart" placement mode places new windows incorrectly.

I open two applications that cannot both be fit on one screen without overlapping. When I use compiz from the precise repositories (0.9.7), the first window is placed in the upper left corner and the second window is placed in the lower right corner -- i.e., they have minimal overlap. When I use compiz from ppa:vanvugt/compiz-preproposed, the second window is placed only halfway down the screen and slightly off the screen to the right. See the attached screenshot.

I am using a WUXGA screen (1920x1200) and have multiple (4) horizontal virtual desktops. My video card is a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M, using NVIDIA driver version 295.40. I get the same result on my other machine using a GeForce GTX 295.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1002606, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.