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Edoardo Peri (edoardo-peri) wrote : Re: [Bug 1069451] Re: Launcher and global menu bar get invisible after a program is minimized from full screen mode

Hi, the delay on the update can be related to the settings.
My system is setup to receive the updates even if they are not yet
considered stable.
Kind Regards,
Edoardo.
Il giorno 29/dic/2012 17:20, "andreasrasholm" <email address hidden> ha
scritto:

> After the update, that was somehow delayed for me, I now get the same
> behaviour as you, Edoardo. A workaround that works for some purposes is
> to have the full screen application opened in a separate workspace -
> then you can switch from it with Ctrl+Alt+Arrow keys.
>
> Being able to use full screen applications in a single workspace would
> be nice, though. I hope this bug will eventually be taken care of.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069451
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> Title:
> Launcher and global menu bar get invisible after a program is
> minimized from full screen mode
>
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I'm using Ubuntu 12.10. I first experienced this bug when minimizing
> the fullscreen writing app Focuswriter some time before I switched
> (via fresh install) from Ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10 - probably caused by a
> an automatically updated change to 12.04 that persist in 12.10. Since
> then I've learned that the same things happens when I minimize any
> other program that is running fullscreen - I've tried with
> Focuswriter, LibreOfiice Writer, Firefox and Lyx, and the bug is
> consistent - and I've found this (unreported) mention of the same bug
> with Vitualbox:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-2062165.html.
>
> What I expect to happen:
> When I minimize a program from full-screen I expect seeing my desktop,
> the launcher and the global menu bar.
>
> What happens instead:
> When one of the mentioned programs is minimized after it has been in
> full-screen mode the launcher and the global menu bar are invisible.
> Instead of seeing them I just see their outline the color of my desktop
> background where it should have been. The launcher and global menu become
> visible if I click these areas once.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
> Package: unity 6.8.0-0ubuntu2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
> Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
> Architecture: amd64
> CompizPlugins: No value set for
> `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
> Date: Sun Oct 21 17:47:10 2012
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64
> (20121017.5)
> ProcEnviron:
> TERM=xterm
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=da_DK.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: unity
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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