Bug#432802: compiz: Compiz intereferes with workspace switcher and window selector applets
Package: compiz
Version: 0.5.0.dfsg-1
Severity: normal
I have 8 workspaces configured in GNOME. With Metacity running, both
the workspace switcher and the window selector work properly. The
workspace switcher shows the contents of all workspaces in the form of
miniature windows, and the window selector (the single menu that shows
all the session's windows) will show windows from other workspaces.
When I start compiz, the desktops themselves retain the windows they
originally had and it's possible to switch to those desktops using the
workspace switcher, but the workspace switcher does not show the windows
in any workspace other than the current one, and the same is true of the
window selector.
The end result is that I have to Just Know which workspace any given
window I'm interested in is located, and I have no way of enumerating
all the windows in my session. Even the window list applet, which is
the equivalent of the taskbar in Microsoft Windows, will fail to show
all the windows in the session even when it's configured to do so.
This is annoying, to say the least, but it doesn't render compiz
unusable, else I would have filed this with a higher priority.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.20-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages compiz depends on:
ii compiz-core 0.5.0.dfsg-1 OpenGL window and compositing mana
ii compiz-gnome 0.5.0.dfsg-1 OpenGL window and compositing mana
ii compiz-gtk 0.5.0.dfsg-1 OpenGL window and compositing mana
ii compiz-plugins 0.5.0.dfsg-1 OpenGL window and compositing mana
compiz recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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