You have been subscribed to a public bug: Some windows seems to fall under the radar of Unity. They don't have small indicator triangles in the Launcher, and you can't tab to them using alt+tab. Which windows suffer from this seems very random. This video describes the problem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc4mw5l1b2E my setup: ubuntu 12.04 desktop, 64 bit on a System76 laptop --- ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15 Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True Package: unity-2d 5.12.0-0ubuntu1.2 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_AG:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_AG SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-33.52-generic 3.2.31 Tags: precise running-unity unity-2d Uname: Linux 3.2.0-33-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo ** Affects: unity-2d (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-collected bot-comment precise running-unity unity unity-2d -- Unity can't switch to random windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069107 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-2d in Ubuntu. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp