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[top corner] launcher sometimes won't reveal on pushing

Bug #1000702 reported by mspanc on 2012-05-17

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #931982: Launcher too slow on showing with autohide enabled. Edit Remove

This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Unity	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned
	unity (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

After fresh install of 12.04 I enabled auto-hide of Unity Dash.

Now it sometimes won't show if I put my mouse into top-left corner of the screen. That problem hasn't existed in 11.10. Please see attached movies - they clearly show current behavior.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.12-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Jest katalogiem: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 295.40 Thu Apr 5 21:37:00 PDT 2012
GCC version: gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5)
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Thu May 17 12:44:40 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
nvidia-current, 295.40, 3.2.0-23-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia-current, 295.40, 3.2.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed
vboxhost, 4.1.14, 3.2.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [GeForce GT 520] [10de:1040] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
JockeyStatus:
xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
xorg:nvidia_current_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EG41MF-US2H
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic root=UUID=dc3070e7-941b-4786-a4ee-b84a2dff0c89 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
XorgConf:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Default Device"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection
dmi.bios.date: 11/04/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F4
dmi.board.name: EG41MF-US2H
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF4:bd11/04/2009:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnEG41MF-US2H:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnEG41MF-US2H:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: EG41MF-US2H
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu3
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1
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 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

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mspanc (mspanc) wrote on 2012-05-17:

Movie - Test case 1 Edit (64.3 KiB, video/ogg)
.proc.driver.nvidia.params.txt Edit (455 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (56.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootLog.gz Edit (793 bytes, application/x-gzip)
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (4.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (7.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgLog.txt Edit (1.2 MiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (27.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmLog.txt Edit (2.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (10.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (543 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NvidiaBugReportLog.txt Edit (656 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (3.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (119.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (271.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UnitySupportTest.txt Edit (588 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (33.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (31.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (20.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz Edit (48.0 KiB, application/x-gzip)
nvidia-settings.txt Edit (212.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (22.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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mspanc (mspanc) wrote on 2012-05-17:

Movie - Test case 2 Edit (68.1 KiB, video/ogg)

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mspanc (mspanc) wrote on 2012-05-17:

Dash settings Edit (37.1 KiB, image/png)

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-05-31:

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

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Omer Akram (om26er) on 2012-06-14

summary:	- Unity Dash sometimes won't show if autohide is on + Unity launcher sometimes won't show if autohide is on
summary:	- Unity launcher sometimes won't show if autohide is on + [top corner] launcher sometimes won't show if autohide is on
summary:	- [top corner] launcher sometimes won't show if autohide is on + [top corner] launcher sometimes won't reveal on pushing