Works perfectly fine here.

I reworked a large chunk of the stacking code recently, could you try
the compiz packages in ppa:ubuntu-desktop/ppa . Also, I'd be curious
to know what windows this is happening with. Often there are certain
applications that misbehave and do things to confuse the window
manager.

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 11:52 PM, Rob King <853...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> 1) Open any program, for example, Terminal, and maximize its window.
> 2) Open another program and maximize its window.
> 3) Open a third program and don't maximize it.
> 4) Not every time, but the majority of the time, it is now impossible to 
> bring one of the first two windows to the front. Clicking on their icon in 
> the launcher does nothing except change which programs menu bar is present in 
> the menu area, and that window (the one that got its menus displayed) now has 
> keyboard focus, but does not get mouse events and, because its hidden behind 
> another window, is invisible. Because of the keyboard focus issue, I've typed 
> things I thought were going to one program but ended up in another.
> 5) Clicking on a window for the program that isn't maximized results in the 
> click going right through the stack to the topmost maximized window, but that 
> window is not brought to front. It gets focus (ie the non-maximized window 
> loses focus, but isn't obscured).
>
> This is a major issue and I generally have to log out and log back in to
> get the system into a usable state. This has been happening since Alpha
> 1 for me. I don't know what steps are exactly needed to reproduce the
> issue, but it happens every login session at some point. The only
> programs I regularly use are Thunderbird, Firefox, Empathy, Banshee, and
> Terminal. I very, very rarely have any other program open (maybe a PDF
> viewer, but that's it).
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
> Package: unity 4.16.0-0ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
> Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
> Architecture: amd64
> CompizPlugins: 
> [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,vpswitch,gnomecompat,regex,compiztoolbox,resize,grid,place,mousepoll,session,snap,move,imgpng,wall,animation,unitymtgrabhandles,expo,fade,workarounds,ezoom,scale,unityshell]
> Date: Mon Sep 19 10:45:55 2011
> EcryptfsInUse: Yes
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110803.1)
> SourcePackage: unity
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
> ** Affects: unity (Ubuntu)
>     Importance: Undecided
>         Status: New
>
>
> ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric running-unity
>
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> Title:
>  Major window stacking and focus issues
>
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
>  New
>
> Bug description:
>  1) Open any program, for example, Terminal, and maximize its window.
>  2) Open another program and maximize its window.
>  3) Open a third program and don't maximize it.
>  4) Not every time, but the majority of the time, it is now impossible to 
> bring one of the first two windows to the front. Clicking on their icon in 
> the launcher does nothing except change which programs menu bar is present in 
> the menu area, and that window (the one that got its menus displayed) now has 
> keyboard focus, but does not get mouse events and, because its hidden behind 
> another window, is invisible. Because of the keyboard focus issue, I've typed 
> things I thought were going to one program but ended up in another.
>  5) Clicking on a window for the program that isn't maximized results in the 
> click going right through the stack to the topmost maximized window, but that 
> window is not brought to front. It gets focus (ie the non-maximized window 
> loses focus, but isn't obscured).
>
>  This is a major issue and I generally have to log out and log back in
>  to get the system into a usable state. This has been happening since
>  Alpha 1 for me. I don't know what steps are exactly needed to
>  reproduce the issue, but it happens every login session at some point.
>  The only programs I regularly use are Thunderbird, Firefox, Empathy,
>  Banshee, and Terminal. I very, very rarely have any other program open
>  (maybe a PDF viewer, but that's it).
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
>  Package: unity 4.16.0-0ubuntu1
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
>  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
>  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
>  Architecture: amd64
>  CompizPlugins: 
> [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,vpswitch,gnomecompat,regex,compiztoolbox,resize,grid,place,mousepoll,session,snap,move,imgpng,wall,animation,unitymtgrabhandles,expo,fade,workarounds,ezoom,scale,unityshell]
>  Date: Mon Sep 19 10:45:55 2011
>  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110803.1)
>  SourcePackage: unity
>  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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