Ubuntu
compiz package

Hardy Alpha 5: "Minimize window" acts like "CLose window"

Bug #193334 reported by Michael Losonsky
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
compiz (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
gnome-desktop (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Minimizing the window closes the window and application. This happens
with all applications: firefox, openoffice, games, terminal window, etc.
This is not intermittent and it occurs in kernels 2.6.24-7 and 2.6.24-8 generic.
There is no crash report because it is not seen as a crash but as a
regular closing of window.

I am using this on a Dell C610 with ati driver, but this was not a problem
when I had gutsy installed.

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Bruce Cowan (bruce89-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Likely to be a compiz bug.

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Michael Losonsky (michl) wrote :

I do not use compiz, desktop effects and I don;t have a 3d accelerator.
I think it is the gnome desktop. The window closes also if I use Alt+F9.

Changing the appearance theme does not make a difference. Rebooting
also does not make a difference.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thanks for your report, how you're closing the applications? whith the button or with a shortcut like ALT+F9? Does it works fine with a new user? Can you run an application from a terminal an minimize the application to see if there's some output there? thanks.

Changed in compiz:
status: New → Invalid
Changed in gnome-desktop:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
status: New → Incomplete
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Michael Losonsky (michl) wrote :

Closing was no problem, but minimizing was and I was trying the panel as
well as ALT+F9 to see if there was a difference. BUT the solution is simple:
I needed to add Windows List to the Panel. I guess it was removed after the
 most recent upgrade. I know I didn't remove it because as long as I
have been using ubuntu I minimized without closing and had no idea
of Windows List. I guess it was a default in Dapper, Feisty and Gutsy.
Maybe it should be a default setting? In any case, I am glad to know
the solution.

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Travis Watkins (amaranth) wrote :

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with a configuration change. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status . Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Feel free to submit any future bugs you may find.

The Window List applet is enabled by default, perhaps it failed to load one time and you told gnome-panel to delete it.

Changed in gnome-desktop:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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