empathy buggy list vanish when opened twice using the indicator

I get that only when I start empathy from the messaging menu.

Note that even if empathy is told to run on the messaging menu I have no match in the launcher (the background is dark). Clicking on it trigger the "starting animation" and then it's black again.

adding that it seems the buddy list is raised and the window here, but just invisible (I can double clicking on where the window should be raised and I can open empathy conversation…)

And it seems to be present on all workspaces (raised, always on top - eg., I cannot click on links in a browser below where the buddy list would be).

Didier can you post your ~/.config/compiz-1/compizconfig/Default.ini ? I cannot reproduce this issue

This file is empty (I'm using the default unity profile btw, not the Default one). seb128 also got it and htorque too. Not sure about their config.

Quite hard to reproduce it :) htorque, did you get a reliable way to trigger it?

Default.ini is empty here as well (using an unmodified Unity profile).

I can reliably reproduce it (see steps above).

* Start Empathy with the buddy list opened (from the terminal, the launcher bar, or the messages indicator),
* Switch to another workspace,
* Click on the messages indicator > Chat

=> Empathy vanishes from the launcher bar (or gets marked as not running if it was pinned), the buddy list becomes invisible and is on top on all workspaces (blocking windows below it). If I click where the buddy list is supposed to be, the appmenu indicator doesn't show Empathy's menu, but I can quit Empthy via Ctrl-Q, so it has to have the focus somehow.

This is happening to me too. It also seems like the launcher then cannot run empathy again, it just sits in a "launching" animation (like the Ubuntu Starter Edition bug ;)

I was unable to reproduce this with latest unity + stack, so please can you update when you can test the latest.

Still seeing the same as in comment #6 - nux r152, unity r695, bamf r368.

it's still an issue there using 3.2.6 on natty

Fixed in the below patch.

The Compiz patch makes the buddy list show up, but I can no longer move it via dragging the window decoration (using Alt + mouse button 1 works, though).

let me have a look into it

Hernando, could you attach the output of xwininfo -root -all when this happens ?

Attached. FWIW, when this happens I see no window buttons in the decorator.

Yeah, just as I thought.

Try this patch

Fix committed upstream

This bug was fixed in the package compiz - 1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop4-0ubuntu8

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compiz (1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop4-0ubuntu8) natty; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/14_fix_empathy_list_vanish.patch:
    - fix the buddy list disappearing (LP: #682781)
  * debian/patchs/15_hidden_maximized_decoration.patch:
    - fix sometimes invisible decoration on maximized window still decorated
  * 16_display_unfocused_state.patch:
    - fix unfocused state not being displayed properly in the decoration
      (LP: #704413)
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:50:17 +0100