Unity sidebar will no longer unhide

[Scott Lewin]

Before yesterday the Unity sidebar would automatically autohide whenever a program window maximized and then reapear when I placed the mouse curser on the left hand edge.

Since Yesterday the sidebar autohides at start and placing the curser on the left hand edge will no longer make the unity sidebar reapear. This is reproducable and I can only get the sidebar to appear if I eather hit Alt-F1, Alt-F2, or if I rapidly tap the side with my mouse curser a few times.

I installed the compiz configuration and beside Hide Lancher I seleted Atohide, dodge active windows, and dodge Windows and all do the same thing and have the same bug. selecting never does what is expected and the sidebar is always present.

In the user interface window in the system settings selecting Left side, top-left corner or clicking on default all do the same thing and have this problem. Clicking off beside auto-hide launcher does what is expected and causes the sidebar to always show.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.2.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-14.23-generic 3.2.3
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-14-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,gnomecompat,move,mousepoll,regex,imgpng,wall,unitymtgrabhandles,grid,resize,vpswitch,snap,place,animation,fade,workarounds,scale,expo,session,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Tue Feb 7 00:37:07 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 fglrx, 8.911, 3.2.0-12-generic, x86_64: installed
 fglrx, 8.911, 3.2.0-14-generic, x86_64: installed
 fglrx, 8.911, 3.2.0-8-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV620 LE [Radeon HD 3450] [1002:95c5] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Hightech Information System Ltd. Device [1787:2252]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111129.1)
JockeyStatus:
 xorg:fglrx_updates - ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
 xorg:fglrx - ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq dc7700 Convertible Minitower
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-14-generic root=UUID=67ce4f67-04e4-4f17-b2b1-1462e088d311 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/13/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 786E1 v01.10
dmi.board.name: 0A58h
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: MXL7330ZSY
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr786E1v01.10:bd04/13/2007:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaqdc7700ConvertibleMinitower:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn0A58h:rvr:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct6:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP Compaq dc7700 Convertible Minitower
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu8
version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.30-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0~rc2-0ubuntu4
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0~rc2-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.3-0ubuntu10
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.99.901-1ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.