[master] Remaining corner cases where windows receive invalid stack positions

[Jason Warner]

I'm using the latest compiz and unity and still have some sporadic stacking issues with Unity and alt+tab.

Not sure if related, but I also have compiz crash report (attached).

EDIT (smspillaz): I'm hijacking this bug as a means to track the remaining edge cases
1) Mumble can go on top of dock windows when opening itself: Bug 865863
2) "Happens with maximized windows" (still tracking down): Bug 831466

-- NB: Before reporting bugs, please use oneiric-proposed! software-center -> edit -> software sources -> updates -> "oneiric-proposed"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: compiz 1:0.9.5.94+bzr20110919-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,gnomecompat,place,imgpng,session,grid,vpswitch,resize,move,snap,mousepoll,unitymtgrabhandles,regex,wall,animation,workarounds,fade,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Mon Sep 26 15:38:29 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0126] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:21da]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110919)
MachineType: LENOVO 4286CTO
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
 LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-11-generic root=UUID=705894e9-4493-41b0-8b0a-26944457902d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: compiz
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
XorgConf:
 Section "Monitor"
         Identifier "HDMI1"
         Option "Ignore" "True"
 EndSection
dmi.bios.date: 07/07/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 8DET50WW (1.20 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 4286CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8DET50WW(1.20):bd07/07/2011:svnLENOVO:pn4286CTO:pvrThinkPadX220:rvnLENOVO:rn4286CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 4286CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X220
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.5.94+bzr20110919-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

should be fixed with the latest update of compiz.

compiz (1:0.9.6-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

   - Applications which create multiple windows that are transients of each other can be given invalid stack positions (LP: #858625)

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Can you test and confirm if the latest compiz indeed fixes the issue for you. I am marking the issue as incomplete as you test.

[Serhiy (xintx-ua)]

Just upgraded to compiz from oneiric-proposed and it didn't fix it.
Also I've found a simple workaround that works for me: just making Firefox or Chromium fullscreen one time after login fixes it.

[Vadim Peretokin (vperetokin)]

I got hit by this today - seems similar? Unfortunately you can't see the clicking, but it is obvious to see that when focus was on a background window, the chrome window was not going away as it should.

[Frederik Elwert (frederik-elwert)]

Is there any further information needed to get these remaining issues fixed? There is still a lively discussion in Bug #805087, so there are still many users affected by this.

[Silvano (silvavlis)]

The workaround proposed by Загорія Сергій (xintx-ua) in comment #5 works. But don't mistake maximize for fullscreen as I did! Simply select Firefox or Chromium and press F11 once to start fullscreen and once again to get out of fullscreen.

[Tom Kaminski (ttkaminski)]

I am running unity 4.24.0, and I can confirm that pressing F11 twice in Chromium fixed the window stacking problem. When this stacking problem occurs, I need to minimize each open window in order to get back to the desktop before I can use the unity launcher to switcher.

[Serhiy (xintx-ua)]

Do you all use Intel's Integrated Graphics?

[Nick Moffitt (nick-moffitt)]

I certainly am, and I see these problems:

  00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
  00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)

[Dean Henrichsmeyer (dean)]

No, this happened to me with an ATI 5450.

[Andrew Somerville (andy16666)]

Yes, and to me with a NVidia 8800GT

[Shock (mmiron)]

nVidia 7600GT here, using proprietary drivers.

[Joaquin (jknvv13)]

G210 here, propietary too.
El 08/11/2011 19:02, "Shock" <email address hidden> escribió:

> nVidia 7600GT here, using proprietary drivers.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
> duplicate bug report (871285).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/859405
>
> Title:
> [master] Remaining corner cases where windows receive invalid stack
> positions
>
> Status in Unity:
> In Progress
> Status in Unity Distro Priority:
> New
> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
> In Progress
>
> Bug description:
> I'm using the latest compiz and unity and still have some sporadic
> stacking issues with Unity and alt+tab.
>
> Not sure if related, but I also have compiz crash report (attached).
>
> EDIT (smspillaz): I'm hijacking this bug as a means to track the
> remaining edge cases
> 1) Mumble can go on top of dock windows when opening itself: Bug 865863
> 2) "Happens with maximized windows" (still tracking down): Bug 831466
>
> -- NB: Before reporting bugs, please use oneiric-proposed! software-
> center -> edit -> software sources -> updates -> "oneiric-proposed"
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
> Package: compiz 1:0.9.5.94+bzr20110919-0ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
> Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
> .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
>
> ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
> Architecture: amd64
> CompizPlugins:
> [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,gnomecompat,place,imgpng,session,grid,vpswitch,resize,move,snap,mousepoll,unitymtgrabhandles,regex,wall,animation,workarounds,fade,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
> CompositorRunning: compiz
> Date: Mon Sep 26 15:38:29 2011
> DistUpgraded: Fresh install
> DistroCodename: oneiric
> DistroVariant: ubuntu
> GraphicsCard:
> Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated
> Graphics Controller [8086:0126] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:21da]
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110919)
> MachineType: LENOVO 4286CTO
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
> LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
> PATH=(custom, user)
> LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-11-generic
> root=UUID=705894e9-4493-41b0-8b0a-26944457902d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
> SourcePackage: compiz
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> XorgConf:
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "HDMI1"
> Option "Ignore" "True"
> EndSection
> dmi.bios.date: 07/07/2011
> dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
> dmi.bios.version: 8DET50WW (1.20 )
> dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
> dmi.board.name: 4286CTO
> dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
> dmi.board.version: Not Available
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
> dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8DET50WW(1.20):bd07/07/2011:svnLENOVO:pn4286CTO:pvrThinkPadX220:rvnLENOVO:rn4286CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
> dmi.product.name: 4286CTO
> dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X2...

[Amvince (amvince)]

nVidia 8600M GT - same issue. The F11 on the browser works around though.

[Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz)]

This is not a hardware related issue.

On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 6:51 AM, Amvince <email address hidden> wrote:
> nVidia 8600M GT - same issue.  The F11 on the browser works around
> though.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are a bug assignee.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/859405
>
> Title:
>  [master] Remaining corner cases where windows receive invalid stack
>  positions
>
> Status in Unity:
>  In Progress
> Status in Unity Distro Priority:
>  New
> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
>  In Progress
>
> Bug description:
>  I'm using the latest compiz and unity and still have some sporadic
>  stacking issues with Unity and alt+tab.
>
>  Not sure if related, but I also have compiz crash report (attached).
>
>  EDIT (smspillaz): I'm hijacking this bug as a means to track the remaining edge cases
>  1) Mumble can go on top of dock windows when opening itself: Bug 865863
>  2) "Happens with maximized windows" (still tracking down): Bug 831466
>
>  -- NB: Before reporting bugs, please use oneiric-proposed! software-
>  center -> edit -> software sources -> updates -> "oneiric-proposed"
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
>  Package: compiz 1:0.9.5.94+bzr20110919-0ubuntu1
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
>  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
>  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
>
>  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
>  Architecture: amd64
>  CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,gnomecompat,place,imgpng,session,grid,vpswitch,resize,move,snap,mousepoll,unitymtgrabhandles,regex,wall,animation,workarounds,fade,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
>  CompositorRunning: compiz
>  Date: Mon Sep 26 15:38:29 2011
>  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
>  DistroCodename: oneiric
>  DistroVariant: ubuntu
>  GraphicsCard:
>   Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0126] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>     Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:21da]
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110919)
>  MachineType: LENOVO 4286CTO
>  PackageArchitecture: all
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
>   LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
>   PATH=(custom, user)
>   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-11-generic root=UUID=705894e9-4493-41b0-8b0a-26944457902d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>  SourcePackage: compiz
>  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>  XorgConf:
>   Section "Monitor"
>           Identifier "HDMI1"
>           Option "Ignore" "True"
>   EndSection
>  dmi.bios.date: 07/07/2011
>  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
>  dmi.bios.version: 8DET50WW (1.20 )
>  dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
>  dmi.board.name: 4286CTO
>  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
>  dmi.board.version: Not Available
>  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
>  dmi.chassis.type: 10
>  dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
>  dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
>  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8DET50WW(1.20):bd07/07/2011:svnLENOVO:pn4286CTO:pvrThinkPadX220:rvnLENOVO:rn4286CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
>  dmi.product.name: 4286CTO
>  dmi.product.version: Think...

[Mario (meconio)]

I'm on a Dell Inspiron with intel graphics card and the bug does go off after using the F11 on the browser trick.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

I personally think this bug is now fixed or atleast its now occuring to a much less extent. When this issue was *actually* happening it was like 5 report/day

[David Gillies (daveg)]

Precise has now been released and I'm still seeing this bug on multiple computers. The fullscreening of chrome using F11 does work as a temporary work around though.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Could someone please clarify exactly what the remaining bug(s) is/are and describe it in the Bug Description?

[Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)]

Both bugs in the bug description are fixed now. Closing the bug.