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[Bug 1321221] Re: apps in different workspaces are collapsing into a smaller number of workspaces

 

Hi Jason,

Thanks for getting back to me.  This is definitely a Compiz issue.  The
good news is that I've been working on some fixes for situations like
yours.

If you feel somewhat adventurous, I have a test package that may fix
this issue.  It can found at https://launchpad.net/~townsend/+archive
/compiz-test.  If you do install it and it doesn't fix the issue, breaks
other things (hopefully not:)), or you do not want to use it any more,
you can always use ppa-purge to go back to the official version of
Compiz in the archive.

If you need help on adding my PPA, let me know and I'll give you some
direction.

Thanks!

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Title:
  apps in different workspaces are collapsing into a smaller number of
  workspaces

Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I have just migrated from Fedora/Gnome3 and am too used to workspaces
  to get along with the defaults that unity has :-)

  So I have used unity-tweak-tool to give myself 8x1 workspaces, and put
  thunderbird in one, firefox in another, etc. What I am finding is
  several times PER DAY I suddenly discover that a bunch of apps are now
  in the same workspace rather than the separate ones I put them into. I
  still have 8 - but most are empty

  There is no error, and they (say) go from 5 in use to (say) 3 in use -
  not a total collapse and not showing any app dependency. eg I may find
  firefox and thunderbird in the same workspace and another time find
  remmina sitting underneath some terminal shells

  The only extra piece of info is that it appears to only happen to the
  workspaces that I'm not currently in. ie I don't see this happening in
  the current one - always another one. Sort of Heisenburg's uncertainly
  principle at work!

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: unity 7.2.0+14.04.20140423-0ubuntu1.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.47-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
   
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CompositorRunning: compiz
  CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
  CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Tue May 20 22:04:56 2014
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: trusty
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  GraphicsCard:
   Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0a16] (rev 0b) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:05cb]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-01 (18 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E7440
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 02/18/2014
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A08
  dmi.board.name: 03HFCG
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: A00
  dmi.chassis.type: 9
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA08:bd02/18/2014:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE7440:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn03HFCG:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: Latitude E7440
  dmi.product.version: 01
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140423-0ubuntu1
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.0-4ubuntu5
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.0-4ubuntu5
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
  xserver.bootTime: Thu May 15 12:24:24 2014
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.errors:
   
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.outputs:
   product id                               41055 
   vendor                                     DEL
  xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2

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