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With launcher animation set to blink, if icon opens an auth window & that window is dismissed then icon becomes non-functional for session

Bug #1010990 reported by Doug McMahon
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Bug Description

Sorry about obscure bug - anyway -

Test Case:
Set Unity launcher animation to blink -
gconftool-2 -s -t integer /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/launch_animation 2

Add synaptic to launcher
Open synaptic from launcher, dismiss the auth window by clicking cancel or the close button
Try to open open synaptic again from launcher, nothing happens

Also seen if the root terminal is added to launcher & same scenario , haven't found any other apps that open an auth window first

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: unity 5.12-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.4.0-5.11-generic 3.4.0
Uname: Linux 3.4.0-5-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.1.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,place,mousepoll,vpswitch,grid,regex,text,snap,gnomecompat,dbus,workarounds,commands,fade,resize,session,move,cube,expo,scale,ezoom,rotate,scaleaddon,unityshell]
Date: Sat Jun 9 16:19:29 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120603)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Doug McMahon (mc3man) wrote :
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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

confirmed with synaptic here as well. prolly the fix won't be coming from the Unity team though.

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in unity:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Doug McMahon (mc3man) wrote :

Just to also note -
Also can be seen in a non-standard use of the launcher for icons that only launch something. (an Exec= of some scripts or commands.

In that case the the icon normally would pulse or blink for a short period of time during which it can't be re-used. Once it returned to normal , typically 5 sec's, it would then be active again.
Same deal now with those, pulse works fine, with blink the icon remains inactive for the session

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