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gnome-shell package

App window get placed behind the dock and the top bar

Bug #2013199 reported by Islam on 2023-03-29

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1961508: Dock displaying over window after resuming from blank screen. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

	Status	Importance	Assigned to
gnome-shell (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned
gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned
mutter (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Sometimes after normal workflow or plugging and external monitor to the laptop, some app windows get placed behind the dock and the top bar seen in the attached screenshot for the gnome-terminal.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
Package: libmutter-11-0 43.0-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-38.39-generic 5.19.17
Uname: Linux 5.19.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.23.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Mar 29 13:14:51 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-01-04 (83 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Release amd64 (20221020)
SourcePackage: mutter
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Islam (islam) wrote on 2023-03-29:

Screenshot from 2023-03-29 13-12-34.png Edit (51.5 KiB, image/png)
Dependencies.txt Edit (6.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (288 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

description:	updated
no longer affects:	mutter

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2023-03-30:

This probably has the same root cause as bug 1961508 so let's group it there until proven otherwise. I also don't expect to see anyone working on either bug before kinetic reaches end of life in July so this will be a necessary cleanup anyway.