Unity launcher does not disappear after full screen wine app starts

[Adam Niedling]

This problem started right after upgrading to Precise. When I start a full screen Windows game (Elasto Mania) the Unity launcher does not disappear and hides the left side of the screen. Please see attached screenshot.
However I am able to alt+tab to Wine and the launcher disappears.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.10.0-0ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: e2c1dd7c516ed88e0de43a227ceb28c1
CheckboxSystem: 2954e74ba17fb0e37fc942cd1d9fab4e
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,regex,imgpng,vpswitch,unitymtgrabhandles,mousepoll,place,move,gnomecompat,resize,snap,animation,wall,grid,expo,session,workarounds,fade,ezoom,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Sat Apr 28 18:03:46 2012
DistUpgraded: 2012-04-28 11:09:21,267 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0504]
 NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 540M] [10de:0df4] (rev ff) (prog-if ff)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
MachineType: Acer Aspire 5755G
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic root=UUID=3c85b1f7-dc7f-4c89-b53c-408cb6d7f7ae ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-28 (0 days ago)
XorgConf:
 Section "Device"
  Identifier "Default Device"
  Option "NoLogo" "True"
 EndSection
dmi.bios.date: 10/07/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: V1.15
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: JV51_HR
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: V1.15
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dmi.product.name: Aspire 5755G
dmi.product.version: V1.15
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.6-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu35
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.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10
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

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Adam Niedling (krychek)]

In case it's hard to find between the attachments the screenshot is here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/990600/+attachment/3112838/+files/launcher.png

[Leo (leopoldo-pena)]

I can confirm this behavior in Precise with Diablo II running under wine. Full screen mode (default) has bad resolution and Unity launcher and global menu do not disappear.

Cannot force windowed mode to custom resolution either so most games under wine are unplayable.

[Adam Niedling (krychek)]

Leo: I'm not sure I understand your problem with the resolution but if it's another problem then open a new bug report for it.

[turbolad (turbolad995)]

The screen resolution of a fullscreen game is often different to the resolution used normally i.e. when outside of fullscreen.

I have seen this same problem occur when running DOSBox in fullscreen - the Unity launcher does not disappear and remains permanently visible in DOSBox fullscreen.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

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 787702, 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.

[karpatt (alessandro-simone-gmail)]

Open Winecfg and disable "allow the window manager to control the windows" under the graphics tab.