Activity log for bug #878627

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2011-10-20 03:07:31 Chow Loong Jin bug added bug
2011-12-05 23:24:54 Bilal Akhtar unity: status New Incomplete
2011-12-05 23:24:56 Bilal Akhtar unity (Ubuntu): status New Incomplete
2011-12-06 01:18:11 Chow Loong Jin unity: status Incomplete New
2011-12-06 01:18:14 Chow Loong Jin unity (Ubuntu): status Incomplete New
2011-12-06 11:58:19 Omer Akram unity: importance Undecided Medium
2011-12-06 11:58:21 Omer Akram unity (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Medium
2011-12-06 16:13:26 Chow Loong Jin description From time to time (I don't know when, it seems to happen at random intervals), Unity starts getting confused about Firefox's window state. Below are the symptoms:- 1. Firefox, although maximized, no longer has its menu showing up when the pointer is over the Unity panel. Likewise, its window title no longer appears in the panel. 2. The Firefox icon on the Unity launcher shows a filled triangle on the right side, but an empty triangle on the left side, which seems to indicate that Firefox's window is focused, although not on the current workspace. 3. Alt+Tab orders Firefox's window to the back of the list (alt_tab_bias_viewport = true). 4. Alt+Grave over Firefox's icon causes Compiz to segfault (I should have gotten a stack trace; I'll do that next time). 5. Selecting Firefox's icon from Alt+Tab does nothing. 6. Clicking Firefox's launcher in the sidebar does nothing. And here's the weird part: Other application switchers in Compiz, e.g. Ring switcher, and Scale, work as expected. Scale even properly detects the workspace that Firefox is on, judging from the [N] suffix to Firefox window's title. ii firefox-trunk 10.0~a1~hg20111018r78888-0ubuntu1~umd3 Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla ii unity 4.24.0-0ubuntu2 Interface designed for efficiency of space and interaction. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: unity 4.24.0-0ubuntu2 Uname: Linux 3.0.4-ck1-hyper1 x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,snap,move,commands,resize,annotate,resizeinfo,gnomecompat,text,obs,mousepoll,regex,place,widget,extrawm,vpswitch,grid,clone,compiztoolbox,imgpng,session,showmouse,put,wall,ring,screenshot,unitymtgrabhandles,animation,workarounds,fade,showdesktop,expo,scale,ezoom,scaleaddon,scalefilter,unityshell] Date: Thu Oct 20 10:46:43 2011 SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (6 days ago) From time to time (I don't know when, it seems to happen at random intervals), Unity starts getting confused about Firefox's window state. Below are the symptoms:- 1. Firefox, although maximized, no longer has its menu showing up when the pointer is over the Unity panel. Likewise, its window title no longer appears in the panel. When the Firefox window is focused and maximized, the panel is blank where the window buttons and menu or title should be, whether or not the pointer is hovering on the panel). 2. The Firefox icon on the Unity launcher shows a filled triangle on the right side, but an empty triangle on the left side, which seems to indicate that Firefox's window is focused, although not on the current workspace. 3. Alt+Tab orders Firefox's window to the back of the list (alt_tab_bias_viewport = true). 4. Alt+Grave over Firefox's icon causes Compiz to segfault (I should have gotten a stack trace; I'll do that next time). 5. Selecting Firefox's icon from Alt+Tab does nothing. 6. Clicking Firefox's launcher in the sidebar does nothing. And here's the weird part: Other application switchers in Compiz, e.g. Ring switcher, and Scale, work as expected. Scale even properly detects the workspace that Firefox is on, judging from the [N] suffix to Firefox window's title. ii firefox-trunk 10.0~a1~hg20111018r78888-0ubuntu1~umd3 Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla ii unity 4.24.0-0ubuntu2 Interface designed for efficiency of space and interaction. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: unity 4.24.0-0ubuntu2 Uname: Linux 3.0.4-ck1-hyper1 x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,snap,move,commands,resize,annotate,resizeinfo,gnomecompat,text,obs,mousepoll,regex,place,widget,extrawm,vpswitch,grid,clone,compiztoolbox,imgpng,session,showmouse,put,wall,ring,screenshot,unitymtgrabhandles,animation,workarounds,fade,showdesktop,expo,scale,ezoom,scaleaddon,scalefilter,unityshell] Date: Thu Oct 20 10:46:43 2011 SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (6 days ago)
2011-12-06 16:14:13 Chow Loong Jin marked as duplicate 897344
2011-12-06 16:15:51 Chow Loong Jin removed duplicate marker 897344
2011-12-06 16:15:54 Launchpad Janitor unity (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2011-12-06 16:26:20 Omer Akram bug task added bamf
2011-12-06 16:35:07 Chow Loong Jin description From time to time (I don't know when, it seems to happen at random intervals), Unity starts getting confused about Firefox's window state. Below are the symptoms:- 1. Firefox, although maximized, no longer has its menu showing up when the pointer is over the Unity panel. Likewise, its window title no longer appears in the panel. When the Firefox window is focused and maximized, the panel is blank where the window buttons and menu or title should be, whether or not the pointer is hovering on the panel). 2. The Firefox icon on the Unity launcher shows a filled triangle on the right side, but an empty triangle on the left side, which seems to indicate that Firefox's window is focused, although not on the current workspace. 3. Alt+Tab orders Firefox's window to the back of the list (alt_tab_bias_viewport = true). 4. Alt+Grave over Firefox's icon causes Compiz to segfault (I should have gotten a stack trace; I'll do that next time). 5. Selecting Firefox's icon from Alt+Tab does nothing. 6. Clicking Firefox's launcher in the sidebar does nothing. And here's the weird part: Other application switchers in Compiz, e.g. Ring switcher, and Scale, work as expected. Scale even properly detects the workspace that Firefox is on, judging from the [N] suffix to Firefox window's title. ii firefox-trunk 10.0~a1~hg20111018r78888-0ubuntu1~umd3 Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla ii unity 4.24.0-0ubuntu2 Interface designed for efficiency of space and interaction. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: unity 4.24.0-0ubuntu2 Uname: Linux 3.0.4-ck1-hyper1 x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,snap,move,commands,resize,annotate,resizeinfo,gnomecompat,text,obs,mousepoll,regex,place,widget,extrawm,vpswitch,grid,clone,compiztoolbox,imgpng,session,showmouse,put,wall,ring,screenshot,unitymtgrabhandles,animation,workarounds,fade,showdesktop,expo,scale,ezoom,scaleaddon,scalefilter,unityshell] Date: Thu Oct 20 10:46:43 2011 SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (6 days ago) From time to time (I don't know when, it seems to happen at random intervals), Unity starts getting confused about Firefox's window state. Below are the symptoms:- 1. Firefox, although maximized, no longer has its menu showing up when the pointer is over the Unity panel. Likewise, its window title no longer appears in the panel. When the Firefox window is focused and maximized, the panel is blank where the window buttons and menu or title should be, whether or not the pointer is hovering on the panel). 2. The Firefox icon on the Unity launcher shows a filled triangle on the right side, but an empty triangle on the left side, which seems to indicate that Firefox's window is focused, although not on the current workspace. 3. Alt+Tab orders Firefox's window to the back of the list (alt_tab_bias_viewport = true). 4. Alt+Grave over Firefox's icon causes Compiz to segfault (I should have gotten a stack trace; I'll do that next time). 5. Selecting Firefox's icon from Alt+Tab does nothing. 6. Clicking Firefox's launcher in the sidebar does nothing. And here's the weird part: Other application switchers in Compiz, e.g. Ring switcher, and Scale, work as expected. Scale even properly detects the workspace that Firefox is on, judging from the [N] suffix to Firefox window's title. This indicates that the bug is probably not in compiz, but in Unity or something it uses. All of the above symptoms are for one issue. The symptoms either appear all at once, or not at all. The only way to get rid of this seems to be to restart Unity or the application in question (Firefox) ii firefox-trunk 10.0~a1~hg20111018r78888-0ubuntu1~umd3 Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla ii unity 4.24.0-0ubuntu2 Interface designed for efficiency of space and interaction. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: unity 4.24.0-0ubuntu2 Uname: Linux 3.0.4-ck1-hyper1 x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,snap,move,commands,resize,annotate,resizeinfo,gnomecompat,text,obs,mousepoll,regex,place,widget,extrawm,vpswitch,grid,clone,compiztoolbox,imgpng,session,showmouse,put,wall,ring,screenshot,unitymtgrabhandles,animation,workarounds,fade,showdesktop,expo,scale,ezoom,scaleaddon,scalefilter,unityshell] Date: Thu Oct 20 10:46:43 2011 SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (6 days ago)
2011-12-06 16:43:23 Omer Akram unity: importance Medium High
2011-12-06 16:43:26 Omer Akram unity (Ubuntu): importance Medium High
2011-12-06 16:43:28 Omer Akram bamf: importance Undecided High
2011-12-06 16:43:30 Omer Akram unity (Ubuntu): importance High Critical
2011-12-06 16:45:30 Omer Akram unity (Ubuntu): importance Critical High
2011-12-11 19:34:49 Chow Loong Jin attachment added Stack trace after trying to Alt-Grave Banshee window https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/878627/+attachment/2628414/+files/StackTrace
2011-12-11 19:36:46 Chow Loong Jin attachment added screenshots.tar.xz https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/878627/+attachment/2628415/+files/screenshots.tar.xz
2011-12-13 10:12:18 Marko Vendelin bug added subscriber Marko Vendelin
2011-12-21 10:37:37 Tuomas Suutari bug added subscriber Tuomas Suutari
2012-02-01 09:19:28 Didier Roche-Tolomelli unity: status New Confirmed
2012-02-13 17:07:35 Omer Akram unity: importance High Medium
2012-02-13 17:07:38 Omer Akram bamf (Ubuntu): importance Undecided High
2012-02-13 17:07:43 Omer Akram unity (Ubuntu): importance High Medium
2012-02-13 17:07:47 Omer Akram bamf: status New Confirmed
2012-02-13 17:07:49 Omer Akram bamf (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2012-03-26 02:27:55 Evan Huus bug added subscriber Evan Huus
2012-08-17 20:32:47 Edward Donovan bug added subscriber Edward Donovan
2012-10-02 17:31:57 Joshua Lock bug added subscriber Joshua Lock
2013-11-05 02:14:53 Chris Kaye attachment added Not recognising Firefox as open. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/878627/+attachment/3900272/+files/Firefox_no_Alt_Tab.png
2013-11-22 02:03:26 Edward Donovan removed subscriber Edward Donovan
2015-10-04 15:30:04 Alex Baggott unity (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Invalid
2015-10-04 15:30:09 Alex Baggott unity: status Confirmed Invalid
2015-10-04 15:30:28 Alex Baggott bamf: status Confirmed Invalid
2015-10-04 15:30:30 Alex Baggott bamf (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Invalid