Compiz

disconnecting external monitor, changing the desktop dimensions, causes windows to be moved between workspaces

Bug #1040260 reported by Steve Langasek on 2012-08-22

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #763148: Adding/Removing an external monitor causes open windows to move to another workspace. Edit Remove

This bug affects 5 people

	Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
Compiz	New	Undecided	Ted Gould	Compiz 0.9.8.2
unity (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	High	Unassigned
Precise	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned
Quantal	Confirmed	High	Unassigned

Bug Description

When I disconnect my external monitor from my laptop, thus changing the display dimensions, unity moves any windows that were against the right edge of my second workspace over to the first workspace. This is very wrong. If windows need to be repositioned in response to a change in desktop dimension, they *must* still be kept on the workspace they came from.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: unity 6.2.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-11.11-generic 3.5.2
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,imgpng,snap,place,grid,resize,regex,mousepoll,gnomecompat,unitymtgrabhandles,vpswitch,move,animation,expo,session,wall,ezoom,fade,scale,workarounds,unityshell,switcher]
Date: Wed Aug 22 12:16:24 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-06-11 (72 days ago)

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote on 2012-08-22:

Dependencies.txt Edit (6.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (48.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (288 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Steve Langasek (vorlon) on 2012-08-22

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → High
tags:	added: rls-q-incoming

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-08-28:

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

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

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Ursula Junque (ursinha) wrote on 2012-08-28:

I can confirm this behavior in Precise as well. All windows are moved to the first workspace when I remove it from the dock. My computer is a X220 plugged in the monitor through a dock (Lenovo ThinkPad Mini Dock Plus Series 3).

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

Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) on 2012-09-07

Changed in compiz:
assignee:	nobody → Ted Gould (ted)

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2012-09-10:

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 763148, 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.