Public bug reported: When Gimp is run after a fresh install on 12.04 Precise Pangolin, the Toolbox and the Layers, etc. Docks are located in the top-left and top- right corners of the screens such that they are partially obscured by the Unity Launcher and Top Panel. This results in the Toolbox, in particular, being unusable, because some of the buttons are inaccessible. It is not possible to move the docks away from these positions.
I was able to work around this problem by changing the "Window Management Hints" in "Preferences/Window Management" from "Utility" to "Normal". After closing and reloading the Gimp, this places the docks in normal windows that are clear of the Launcher and Top Panel and able to be relocated. However, this will not be obvious to a new user. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gimp 2.6.12-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri May 4 21:13:58 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20111129.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_AU:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gimp UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: gimp (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Edubuntu Bugsquad, which is subscribed to gimp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/994527 Title: Gimp Toolbox and Layers, etc. docks obscured by Unity Launcher and Panel To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/+bug/994527/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~edubuntu-bugs Post to : edubuntu-bugs@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~edubuntu-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp