switching monitors scrambles windows on virtual desktops

[Roland Bock]

I am using my laptop in two ways: stand-alone and connected to an external monitor with a different resolution. I have configured 6 virtual workspaces (3 horizontal, times 2 vertical).

Each time I switch from one to the other (which is about 5 times a day), windows are moved to other workspaces. This is highly annoying since I keep like to keep certain windows in certain workspaces.

Not only are windows moved, also the Window-spread (super-w) is confused and shows windows which are not on the current workspace. Also switching from window to window (alt-tab) can make windows be moved to another workspace sporadically.

All this tends to stabilize once I move some windows back to where they belong, but when I switch monitors again or hibernate: Bam! Chaos again.

I'll have to try other window managers. As of now, this is pretty much unusable for me.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: unity 7.2.3+14.04.20140826-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-44.73-generic 3.13.11-ckt12
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-44-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Jan 23 10:29:15 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-16 (6 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)