Thanks for the extra feedback. I've communicated this bug to NVIDIA, and they confirm it is due to a recent change in the driver, and I expect we'll see a fix in an updated driver.
** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu Quantal) Status: In Progress => Triaged ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu Quantal) Assignee: Chris Halse Rogers (raof) => (unassigned) ** Also affects: xorg-server (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu Precise) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu Quantal) Status: Triaged => Won't Fix ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu Precise) Status: Triaged => Won't Fix ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu Quantal) Status: Confirmed => In Progress ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu Precise) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: unity Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Changed in: nvidia-drivers-ubuntu Status: Confirmed => In Progress ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu Quantal) Assignee: Alberto Milone (albertomilone) => (unassigned) ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu Precise) Assignee: (unassigned) => Canonical X.org (canonical-x) ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu Quantal) Assignee: (unassigned) => Canonical X.org (canonical-x) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1057000 Title: [Ubuntu 12.04.1/12.10] nVidia drivers 304.51 prevent autohidden Unity launcher from revealing Status in NVIDIA Drivers Ubuntu: In Progress Status in Unity: Invalid Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” source package in Precise: In Progress Status in “xorg-server” source package in Precise: Won't Fix Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” source package in Quantal: In Progress Status in “xorg-server” source package in Quantal: Won't Fix Bug description: The bug is as described in the title. Reverting to drivers 304.43 solves the problem. This report is intended primarily for those suffering from this bug and not knowing how to solve it. Today I also reported it to nVidia, but it will take time for them to respond and fix it. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nvidia-drivers-ubuntu/+bug/1057000/+subscriptions -- 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