menus are not always stacked at the top and so not visible

I have this issue on every login, the indicators and the appmenus do not appear on top, but they go below the nautilus desktop window (the desktop background). A simple workaround for this is to make an empty selection on the desktop, and after that it does work, menus and indicator menus appear on top as they should.

Known issue and I'm working on it, but the fix is bloody difficult and
won't be out for a while.

Thanks for reporting anyways.

On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Robert Roth <email address hidden> wrote:
> I have this issue on every login, the indicators and the appmenus do not
> appear on top, but they go below the nautilus desktop window (the
> desktop background). A simple workaround for this is to make an empty
> selection on the desktop, and after that it does work, menus and
> indicator menus appear on top as they should.
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are a member of Unity
> Team, which is subscribed to unity in ubuntu.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/695638
>
> Title:
>  menus are not always stacked at the top and so not visible
>
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
>  New
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: unity
>
> Both right click on launcher buttons and on the notification area menus correctly trigger the menu but the resultant menu is not stacked at the top, thus the menus is not visible unless you iconify the oscuring windows.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: unity 3.2.8-0ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26~masternext201012291748-generic 2.6.37-rc8
> Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: wl
> Architecture: i386
> CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/allscreens/options/active_plugins'
> Date: Thu Dec 30 10:34:40 2010
> EcryptfsInUse: Yes
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
> InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
> MachineType: Acer AO533
> PciDisplay: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a011] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> ProcEnviron:
>  LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
>  PATH=(custom, user)
>  LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
>  LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.utf8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-12-generic root=UUID=10dbafb4-5a21-4665-88d4-2924132ca353 ro vt.handoff=7 quiet splash
> ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26~masternext201012291748-generic 2.6.37-rc8
> RelatedPackageVersions:
>  xserver-xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu6
>  libgl1-mesa-glx 7.9+repack-1ubuntu3
>  libdrm2 2.4.22-2ubuntu1
>  xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.13.901-2ubuntu2
>  xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.2-1ubuntu2
> SourcePackage: unity
> XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
> dmi.bios.date: 06/07/2010
> dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
> dmi.bios.version: V1.05
> dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
> dmi.board.name: AO533
> dmi.board.vendor: Acer
> dmi.board.version: V1.05
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
> dmi.chassis.version: V1.05
> dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.05:bd06/07/2010:svnAcer:pnAO533:pvrV1.05:rvnAcer:rnAO533:rvrV1.05:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV1.05:
> dmi.product.name: AO533
> dmi.product.version: V1.05
> dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
> glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = i686, kernel = 2.6.37-12-generic
>
>
>

--
Sam Spilsbury

confirmed is ok for now.

I've set it in progress based on smspillaz's comment, "Known issue and I'm working on it, but the fix is bloody difficult and
won't be out for a while.". In progress should mean, that somebody is working on it, and according to the bugs/statuses wiki, "In Progress bugs should be assigned to the person working on them", but I can not assign this bug to smspillaz. Please smspillaz assign it to yourself and set it in progress if you are really working on it, to warn others who would like to start working on it, that somebody's working already.

Connecting the bug to compiz, per https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/693073/comments/12