autohide of the Unity Launcher does not work. The launcher does not appear when moving the mouse on the left side of the screen

Does this happen only when you have at least one window maximised? If so, you are experiencing bug #832150. There is already a fix in oneiric-proposed, which should soon make it's way to -updates. If you want to have the fix before then, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed

It happens even right after the start-up, with an empty desktop.
I have noticed that after several starts of the dash with the <super> key, the launcher starts to autohide itself.
Could that help?
Thanks

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Subject: [Bug 871986] Re: autohide of the Unity Launcher does not work. The launcher does not appear when moving the mouse on the left side of the screen

Does this happen only when you have at least one window maximised?  If
so, you are experiencing bug #832150.  There is already a fix in
oneiric-proposed, which should soon make it's way to -updates.  If you
want to have the fix before then, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed

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Title:
  autohide of the Unity Launcher does not work. The launcher does not
  appear when moving the mouse on the left side of the screen

Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On my Acer Aspire One D255E, when the autohide is set to the Launcher, it does not appear when I move the mouse on the left edge of the screen. I must hit <super> key to see it, but even after that, it stays hidden all the time, does not reveal when moving the mouse. Please help. On a small netbook screen, autohide is very important, I say.
  Thanks

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: unity 4.22.0-0ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:

  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,imgpng,grid,regex,gnomecompat,unitymtgrabhandles,animation,resize,compiztoolbox,place,move,mousepoll,vpswitch,workarounds,snap,session,wall,expo,fade,scale,ezoom,unityshell]
  CompositorRunning: compiz
  Date: Mon Oct 10 23:10:29 2011
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: oneiric
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  GraphicsCard:
   Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a011] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0349]
     Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0349]
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20111007)
  MachineType: Acer AOD255E
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=c9e8603a-4353-4942-856d-48595491fcd8 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (prob...

thanks for the bug report. is that still an issue for you in Ubuntu 11.10 with all updates applied?

http://lucasrasmussen.com/ndxz-studio/config/mmderh.html

The autohide option does not work properly on my system. The launcher does not appear when mouse is eiither on the left side nor on the upper left corner.
This happens at all reveal sensitivity settings from the system settings-appearance-behavior menu. All other unity settings is default (i have set a unity --reset script on startup). This happens independently of the window status on the display, even with no active window. The launcher is not revealing unless i press the alt+F1 keybinding.
This happens on a 12.04 X86 installation both as virtualbox Guest in Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200 processor and Intel integrated graphics controller (82G33/G31 [8086:29c2] (rev 10))Host system, and as a test installation on a 8GB USB pendrive on that same system.
I can reproduce that anytime, just by setting launcher to autohide mode.
In both cases (virtualbox and test installation) Unity version is 5.4.0 and all updates are installed.
Mouse ID is 0461:4d20 Primax Electronics, Ltd
Please reply if you need more specific info on anything that might be relevant.

Filippos, thats bug 923749 you are facing. I am going to close this one since the reporter did not reply for quite a while.