windows disappear when minimised

I'm removing the Firefox package and waiting for proper triage of the { window manger , panel , ? } problem.

Other windows disappearing hardly has something to do with Firefox.

Please open another bug specifically for the Firefox issue, once you are sure the general window minimizing problem has been isolated.

> I cannot minimise other windows - they also disappear.

You mean other windows rather than Firefox, right?

Which ones?

What window manager are you using?

Hi, Leo,
Many thanks for responding to my problem. I am sorry re delay in replying to you - I  have been away for a few days.

I believe my laptop uses Gnome 2.30.0 - sorry if this sounds vague, but I am not very clever about the finer details of computing. If this is wrong, perhaps you would tell me how I can determine which windows manager the computer uses.
Any window I minimise, including Firefox, disappears off screen. Bottom bar of Desktop stays empty.

I believe this started either when I upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS in April or when I upgraded to the latest Firefox - version 3.6.3.
Cheers,
Piers
--- On Tue, 1/6/10, Leo <email address hidden> wrote:

From: Leo <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 587581] Re: windows disappear when minimised
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Tuesday, 1 June, 2010, 13:33

> I cannot minimise other windows - they also disappear.

You mean other windows rather than Firefox, right?

Which ones?

What window manager are you using?

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Status in Ubuntu: Incomplete

Bug description:
Binary package hint: firefox

Ubuntu 10.04
I expected Firefox to open and remain on screen. Instead, it disappears after apparently closing or minimising 6 or 8  times. This is followed by  Firefox seemingly tring to open again, but failing to do so. When I again click on the Firefox icon, it opens and I can use the browser. But if I minimise it, Firefox disappears into it's lair.
I cannot minimise other windows - they also disappear.
Hope you can help.
Cheers.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu
 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 9fadcaafff5b34c706ca6d3ede7dc583
CheckboxSystem: c02af8b5242de7e5b88d4b4d8ff406a3
Date: Sun May 30 17:54:35 2010
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
 firefox-gnome-support 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
 firefox-branding 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
 abroswer N/A
 abrowser-branding N/A
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox

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Could you do a test for us?
Create a new user account, log in with that user and see if the same issue happens.

New user account with Firefox?

--- On Sat, 5/6/10, Leo <email address hidden> wrote:

From: Leo <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 587581] Re: windows disappear when minimised
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Saturday, 5 June, 2010, 15:16

Could you do a test for us?
Create a new user account, log in with that user and see if the same issue happens.

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windows disappear when minimised
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/587581
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Status in Ubuntu: Incomplete

Bug description:
Binary package hint: firefox

Ubuntu 10.04
I expected Firefox to open and remain on screen. Instead, it disappears after apparently closing or minimising 6 or 8  times. This is followed by  Firefox seemingly tring to open again, but failing to do so. When I again click on the Firefox icon, it opens and I can use the browser. But if I minimise it, Firefox disappears into it's lair.
I cannot minimise other windows - they also disappear.
Hope you can help.
Cheers.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 9fadcaafff5b34c706ca6d3ede7dc583
CheckboxSystem: c02af8b5242de7e5b88d4b4d8ff406a3
Date: Sun May 30 17:54:35 2010
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
 firefox-gnome-support 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
 firefox-branding 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
 abroswer N/A
 abrowser-branding N/A
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox

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With Ubuntu.
System->Administration->Users and Groups
Create a new account, reboot, and log in to Ubuntu with that account.
Thanks
PS: Could you clean the message body before replying by mail?

Will do - and sorry.

Finally got there, thanks to your advice.
Now have the newer Ubuntu desktop, etc. and it seems more stable.
Firefox wakes up at once, the windows have stopped disappearing down a black hole at the bottom of the screen - and now minimise properly.
I am most grateful to you, Leo.
Cheers,
Piers.

It still may be a bug. You want to restore your previous
configurations and test what's wrong?
Probably you jus removed windows docking from your lower panel.

You may think me a dumbo - but I know I am...

...When I checked, I was using the new user account to assess the improvement.
I am sorry to say that any window still disappears when using the original account.Firefox loads perfectly, however.

I am not as cheery as I was!

Do you think it would be best if I just stayed with the new user account or would you rather continue to be impressed by my ineptitude?

Piers

OK. So, if it is a bug it is related to the uses's home directory.
When you log in with the previous account, the panel in the bottom where you normally see the list of open windows and where you normally click to restore them after minimizing. Do you see them there? Do they dissapear when you minimize or are they absent since the first moment?

Thanks for your forbearance
I do not see the minimised windows in the bottom panel.
They do not appear there at all.
See attached screen shot taken a few minutes ago.

I see the screen shot.
You can right-click on the lower panel (close to the trash bin), select "add to panel" and then "window list". Does it fix your problem?

[Expired for Ubuntu because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

I am sorry not to have notified you that the problem was resolved a little while after reporting it. I don't know if this was a reult of your efforts.
But thank you very much for your interest.
Piers Carter

--- On Tue, 7/12/10, Launchpad Bug Tracker <email address hidden> wrote:

From: Launchpad Bug Tracker <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 587581] Re: windows disappear when minimised
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Tuesday, 7 December, 2010, 4:19

[Expired for Ubuntu because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

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Title:
  windows disappear when minimised

Status in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: firefox

Ubuntu 10.04
I expected Firefox to open and remain on screen. Instead, it disappears after apparently closing or minimising 6 or 8  times. This is followed by  Firefox seemingly tring to open again, but failing to do so. When I again click on the Firefox icon, it opens and I can use the browser. But if I minimise it, Firefox disappears into it's lair.
I cannot minimise other windows - they also disappear.
Hope you can help.
Cheers.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 9fadcaafff5b34c706ca6d3ede7dc583
CheckboxSystem: c02af8b5242de7e5b88d4b4d8ff406a3
Date: Sun May 30 17:54:35 2010
FirefoxPackages:
firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
firefox-gnome-support 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
firefox-branding 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
abroswer N/A
abrowser-branding N/A
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_GB.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox

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I am sorry not to have notified you that the problem was resolved a little while after reporting it. I don't know if this was a reult of your efforts.
But thank you very much for your interest.
Piers Carter