View with all opened windows is not closing

[Jonathan Weires]

Did a fresh install of Ubuntu 21.04 today and experienced the following problem:

When I hit the Windows/Super button, a view with all opened windows is shown. It looks a bit different from the view that opens up when you click on "Activities" in the top left corner. Windows can be closed via orange (x) at the top right corner and new windows can be opened (via click on icons in dock and task bar) but the view itself cannot be closed. I can press any key but it won't disappear. As quick fix I logged out and back in again, the desktop was behaving normal afterwards. But as soon as I push the Windows/Super button, the view is there again and I cannot close it.

Quite interesting: When the mentioned view appears I am still able to switch the virtual desktop via Ctrl + Alt + Arrow Keys. The second desktop is empty, the view doesn't appear here. But as soon as I switch back to the first desktop, the view is there again.

Concerning the package in which I found this bug: I wasn't able to choose Wayland, because I was told that something went wrong with my search.

Tell me if you need further information.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+22ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-16.17-generic 5.11.12
Uname: Linux 5.11.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Keine Berechtigung: '/var/log/boot.log'
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu May 6 22:25:05 2021
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: hirsute
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: openrazer-driver, 3.0.1, 5.11.0-16-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] [8086:3e9b] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company UHD Graphics 630 (Mobile) [103c:8478]
 NVIDIA Corporation GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile] [10de:1c8c] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile] [103c:8478]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-05-06 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Release amd64 (20210420)
MachineType: HP HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15-cx0xxx
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.11.0-16-generic root=/dev/mapper/vglinux-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 05/07/2019
dmi.bios.release: 15.20
dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde
dmi.bios.version: F.20
dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 8478
dmi.board.vendor: HP
dmi.board.version: 70.55
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: HP
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.ec.firmware.release: 70.55
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrF.20:bd05/07/2019:br15.20:efr70.55:svnHP:pnHPPavilionGamingLaptop15-cx0xxx:pvrType1ProductConfigId:rvnHP:rn8478:rvr70.55:cvnHP:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.family: 103C_5335KV HP Pavilion
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15-cx0xxx
dmi.product.sku: 8XN28EA#ABD
dmi.product.version: Type1ProductConfigId
dmi.sys.vendor: HP
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.104-1build1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 21.0.1-2
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.11-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20200714-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.17-1

[Jonathan Weires (jwrs)]

In the moment, I wanted to take a screenshot, the problem no longer occurred.

I tried a few things before sending the bug report, but right after sending the report I was able to use the Super button again to show the window view.

So I'll keep an eye on this.

Is there maybe anybody out there who had / has the same issue?

[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 1922353, 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.