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[Jan Groenewald <jan.groenewald@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

Clarifying versions not showing bug for me:

0 root@osprey:~#dpkg -l unity
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
|
Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                                    Version
Architecture             Description
+++-=======================================-========================-========================-===================================================================================
ii  unity                                   7.2.3+14.04.20140826-0ub
amd64                    Interface designed for efficiency of space and
interaction.
0 root@osprey:~#dpkg -l compiz
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
|
Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                                    Version
Architecture             Description
+++-=======================================-========================-========================-===================================================================================
ii  compiz                                  1:0.9.11.2+14.04.2014071
all                      OpenGL window and compositing manager
0 root@osprey:~#

Regards,
Jan


On 11 November 2014 17:07, Eduards Bezverhijs <edzis@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Jan,
> can You please clarify which versions fixed the problem? Output from dpkg
> seems to be abrupt in Your comment.
>
> Also what I've checked is that windowses do not move randomly when I
> connect external display, they are going wild after I disconnect the
> monitor.
>
> Chris, patches for precise - did You picked them from Trusty based fixes
> or there are specific new fixes as well?
> Shouldn't these be forward-ported to next release which is also having
> problems?
>
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>
> Title:
>   Adding/Removing an external monitor causes open windows to move to
>   another workspace
>
> Status in Compiz:
>   Fix Released
> Status in Compiz 0.9.9 series:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in Compiz Core:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in "compiz" package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in "compiz" source package in Precise:
>   Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
>   [Impact]
>   Many users will put different windows in different workspaces for better
> work flow.  If a user connects and/or disconnects an external monitor or
> projector, all of these windows will be put in the first workspace.  Having
> to go back and move all of the windows back to their workspaces is very
> frustrating and time consuming.
>
>   [Test Case]
>   #. Open some applications in different workspaces.
>   #. Plug in an external monitor.
>
>   [Regression Potential]
>   Very low possibility that a window still ends up in the wrong workspace.
>
>   --------------------------------------------
>
>   Original description:
>   well, i plug in my external screen.
>
>   expected behaviour would be, if all of my windows would stay in the
>   workspaces i aligned them to, and if they'd be on the same screen i
>   had them in the first place.
>
>   unfortunatly in unity, if i plug-in (or plug-off) my external screen
>   the windows are all around, but not where i'd expect them to be
>   (namely in the same place they were before). so i always have to
>   toggle expo-mode and re-align all of my windows.
>
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Title:
  Adding/Removing an external monitor causes open windows to move to
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