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Buggy detection of open windows

Bug #1126796 reported by florin on 2013-02-16

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This bug affects 3 people

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

Bug Description

Right now my Unity detects I have a Chrome window opened and another USB drive attached. I have none of them, but they appear semi-transparent, like being open in another workspace. See the attached screenshots.

I run Quantal with all updates to date.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: unity 6.12.0-0ubuntu0.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35-generic 3.5.7.2
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
Date: Sat Feb 16 02:54:26 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-24 (114 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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florin (florin-arjocu) wrote on 2013-02-16:

#1

All open windows Edit (227.2 KiB, image/jpeg)
Dependencies.txt Edit (24.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (39.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (156 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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florin (florin-arjocu) wrote on 2013-02-16:

#2

Unity launcher Edit (13.6 KiB, image/jpeg)

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florin (florin-arjocu) wrote on 2013-02-16:

#3

I forgot to tell that I can see 2 "Workspace switcher" icons on my unity launchbar, just like in the above attached screenshot.

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florin (florin-arjocu) wrote on 2013-02-16:

#4

Just tested, right now if I close programs, they appear open, but with semi-transparent arrow on the left. Tried with Filezilla and System Monitor. Unity does not detect very well open programs, but for this bug, it is the first time I see it. I will restart laptop, it wii probably be gone.

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Tigran Gabrielyan (tigrangab) wrote on 2013-02-17:

#5

If it happens again, open a terminal and do "ps aux > processes.txt" and upload that file, or see for yourself if the program that still has the arrow is running is in the output of that command. Maybe the programs are not closing completely?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2013-02-17:

#6

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

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

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florin (florin-arjocu) wrote on 2013-02-18:

#7

processes.txt Edit (29.5 KiB, text/plain)

Not exactly the same, but I get an arrow like Chrome would be in another workspace, but it is not.

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florin (florin-arjocu) wrote on 2013-02-18:

#8

Workspace 1_066.jpg Edit (232.5 KiB, image/jpeg)

and the screenshot

Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0) on 2014-07-24

Changed in unity:
status:	New → Confirmed

Brandon Schaefer (brandontschaefer) on 2014-08-11

Changed in unity:
importance:	Undecided → Wishlist
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Wishlist
importance:	Wishlist → Undecided
Changed in unity:
importance:	Wishlist → Undecided

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