[compiz] possible workspacehandling bug

[Ravi Pinjala]

I've seen something similar, where windows can get arbitrarily moved 
around as you rotate, even off the top or bottom edge of the desktop. 
Maybe it could be the same bug?

--Ravi

Daniel Johansson wrote:

> Hello, first of all I would like to thank everyone for the effort put 
> into the project.
>
> I have found a quite peculiar behavior when using Xgl/compiz.
> Sometimes my windows disappear, if i use ctrl+alt+shift+left/right i 
> can end up in an empty desktop and if I keep holding ctrl+alt+shift 
> and move back to the previous workspace the window moves back just as 
> if it had been moved previously. Also, if I move between workspaces 
> applications can disappear, I can see them in expose-mode and the 
> processes are running as they should, but when I click on the 
> application it zooms to the workspace where the application should 
> be.. but it's not there, not on the taskbar and not in the application 
> switcher. They come back after an arbitrary number of rotates though, 
> most of the time it's somewhere around 10 complete rotations 
> (ctrl+alt+shift+left 40 times) .. it could be that i have missed some 
> config-parameter but honestly, I have no idea what that could be. It 
> seems like there is some inconsistency between the way gnome handles 
> workspaces and the way compiz handles them. I've tried searching for 
> similar bugs but i haven't found anything.
> The two programs that show this behavior most are Firefox (both 1.5 
> and 2.0), and OpenOffice.
> I'm running ubuntu edgy with Xgl/compiz gnome (I encountered the 
> behavior on ubuntu dapper too).
>
> Has anyone else encountered this before?
>
> System:
>
> Xorg:
> xorg 7.1.1ubuntu2
>
> Xgl:
> xserver-xgl 7.0.0.git.20060725-0ubuntu2
>
> compiz:
> compiz-gnome                               0.0.13.57-0ubuntu1
>
> fglrxinfo:
> OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
> OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Generic
> OpenGL version string: 2.0.6011 (8.28.8)
>
> Cheers / Daniel
>
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