windows near to the right edge of the screen inhibit the unity toolbar on the next rightmost screen

Bug #726846 reported by Andy Whitcroft
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Unity
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unity (Ubuntu)
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xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: unity

When placing a window near the right hand edge of a screen (virtual desktop), the shadow inhibits the menu on the next screen over dispite not apparently appearing on that screen.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.4.6-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,scale,session,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1024x600
 edid-base64: AP///////wAw5JUCAAAAAAATAQOAFg14Ck+1l1pVjCceUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEB2BMAQEFYHiAwIDYA4H4AAAAZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA/gBMRyBEaXNwbGF5CiAgAAAA/ABMUDEwMVdTQS1UTE4xAB8=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
Date: Mon Feb 28 22:44:25 2011
DistUpgraded: Yes, recently upgraded Log time: 2010-12-18 22:35:57.282478
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a011] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0349]
   Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0349]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
InstallationMedia__: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
MachineType: Acer AO533
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-5-generic root=UUID=10dbafb4-5a21-4665-88d4-2924132ca353 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
ProcVersionSignature__: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2010-12-18 (72 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 06/07/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: V1.05
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: AO533
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: V1.05
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: V1.05
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.05:bd06/07/2010:svnAcer:pnAO533:pvrV1.05:rvnAcer:rnAO533:rvrV1.05:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV1.05:
dmi.product.name: AO533
dmi.product.version: V1.05
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.1~git20110215.cc1636b6-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6~3ubuntu8
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-1ubuntu11
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu5

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Andy Whitcroft (apw) wrote :
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Luke Yelavich (themuso) wrote : Re: [Bug 726846] Re: windows near to the right edge of the screen inhibit the unity toolbar on the next rightmost screen

 duplicate 663030

Confirmed here, and is actually a bug in indicator-appmenu, affecting both unity and classic GNOME.

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Michael Terry (mterry) wrote :

Luke, I think you made a copy/paste error or something. Bug 663030 seems unrelated. I'm going to un-dup.

Jorge Castro (jorge)
Changed in unity:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Alex Launi (alexlauni) wrote :

Erg, sorry. Attached that xorg task to the wrong bug.

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

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 762335, 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.

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