No launcher icon or Alt+Tab entry for Scribus windows

Bug #999171 reported by Paddy Launch
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Unity
Fix Released
Undecided
Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
5.0
Fix Released
Undecided
Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
unity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Marco Trevisan (Treviño)

Bug Description

I have tested this with a Guest account using the standard Unity settings.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Start Scribus from the Dash
2. Click OK on the Scribus Dialog.
3. Maximize the Scribus window.
4. Close Scribus.
5. Restart Scribus from the Dash & OK the Dialog.
6. Close Scribus.
7. Restart Scribus from the Dash & OK the Dialog.
8. Now Scribus icon appears in Unity launcher then immediately disappears, and will never appear again, no matter how often the application is relaunched.

Expected behaviour - Scribus icon visible in Unity launcher.

Actual behaviour - Scribus icon fails to appear in Unity launcher, and Scribus application thus appears to be completely divorced from the Unity desktop (e.g. cannot be reached even by Alt-Tabbing)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.12-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,decor,compiztoolbox,regex,resize,imgpng,move,grid,snap,unitymtgrabhandles,animation,mousepoll,place,vpswitch,gnomecompat,wall,session,workarounds,expo,fade,ezoom,scale,unityshell]
Date: Mon May 14 15:40:39 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Paddy Launch (paddylaunch-deactivatedaccount) wrote :
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Paddy Launch (paddylaunch-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Locking the Scribus icon to the launcher is a workaround.

description: updated
summary: - scribus becomes divorced from unity launcher
+ running application (scribus) disappears from unity launcher
summary: - running application (scribus) disappears from unity launcher
+ No launcher icon or Alt+Tab entry for Scribus windows
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

See also:
Bug 995916: No launcher icon or Alt+Tab entry for Gimp windows
Bug 999171: No launcher icon or Alt+Tab entry for Scribus windows
Bug 762193: No launcher icon or Alt+Tab entry for xchat/xchat-gnome windows
Bug 951929: Unity launcher and Alt-Tab switcher missing entry for gnome-terminal

I hope they're all the same bug, but we won't really know until a fix is proposed.

Changed in unity:
milestone: none → 5.14.0
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Pablo Fernandez (pablo-fernandez-m) wrote :

Same problem with me with a normal account.
No launcher icon or Alt+Tab entry for Gimp windows
&
No launcher icon or Alt+Tab entry for Scribus windows

(screen capture in attachment)

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity:
assignee: nobody → Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)
status: New → Fix Committed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
assignee: nobody → Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in unity:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in unity:
status: Fix Released → Triaged
milestone: 5.14.0 → 6.0
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Changed in unity:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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