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show desktop makes windows reappear after launching a new program

Bug #928737 reported by eric on 2012-02-08

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #871801: window management, alt-tab - After using 'show desktop' to minimise all windows, opening any new window also incorrectly restores all the minimised windows . Edit Remove

This bug affects 3 people

	Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
Unity	Triaged	High	Unassigned	Unity 5.4.0 "Brass Monkey"
Unity Distro Priority	Fix Committed	High	Unassigned
unity (Ubuntu)	Triaged	High	Unassigned

Bug Description

1.Open firefox
2.Use alt+tab to show desktop
3.Open terminal for example through its icon or ctrl+alt+t

Terminal is opening with firefox behind.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.2.0-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-14.23-genUser Name 3.2.3
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-14-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,compiztoolbox,move,gnomecompat,snap,mousepoll,imgpng,resize,grid,regex,vpswitch,place,wall,session,animation,workarounds,fade,expo,scale,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
CurrentDmesg:
[ 23.807209] skge 0000:05:02.0: eth1: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both
[ 32.192005] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
Date: Wed Feb 8 10:31:57 2012
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-11-23 19:01:02.883903
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
NVIDIA Corporation G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] [10de:0622] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GV-NX96T512HP [1458:3481]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
MachineType: System manufacturer P5Q DELUXE
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-14-genUser Name root=UUID=af8882e7-b303-4658-a4e3-246f260caf49 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-11-23 (76 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 07/10/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2301
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P5Q DELUXE
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2301:bd07/10/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnP5QDELUXE:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5QDELUXE:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: P5Q DELUXE
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu8
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

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eric (obrowny06) wrote on 2012-02-08:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (58.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootLog.gz Edit (683 bytes, application/x-gzip)
Dependencies.txt Edit (6.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgLog.txt Edit (742.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (37.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmLog.txt Edit (11.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (14.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (995 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (3.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (138 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (2.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (2.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (156.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (316.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UnitySupportTest.txt Edit (569 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (47.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (48.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (4.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
dmidecode.txt.txt Edit (21.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
locale.txt Edit (328 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
peripherals.txt Edit (590 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (233 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (70.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xinput.txt Edit (759 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (58.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) on 2012-02-08

Changed in unity:
status:	New → Triaged
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Triaged
importance:	Undecided → High
Changed in unity:
importance:	Undecided → High
milestone:	none → 5.4.0
Changed in unity-distro-priority:
status:	New → Fix Committed
importance:	Undecided → High

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote on 2012-02-09:

its quite similar to bug 881190 I guess

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