** Description changed: I use Ubuntu 8.10 with an DELL XPS 1330, Windows keyboard. I customized Ubuntu a little bit, so that the "Windows" key on my - keyboard minimizes all open windows. If I use this key most of my - running application windows get lost. I can't find them on my Gnome GUI. + keyboard minimizes all open windows. If I use this key all of my running + application windows get lost. Only the last used application window + maximizes again. I can't find the others on my Gnome GUI anymore. - I tried several things: + I tried several things to get them back (with no success): 1) pressing windows key once again (this should open all minimized windows again) - no reaction 2) using ALT + Tab (should open a special window showing all running applications) - nothing found (Sometimes the behavior is a little bit different. Using ALT + Tab shows the running application. But If I focus on it, it does not open the application window, but disappears even from the ALT + Tab menu.) 3) using "show desktop" panel applet - no reaction 4) This even happens if I use the minimize button at the upper left of a gnome application. Nearly all applications get lost. 5) I controlled if some applications went to one of the three other virtual desktops - nothing found This happens with: firefox, pdf viewer, sometimes with openoffice. This bug is very enervating. Please help me!
** Description changed: I use Ubuntu 8.10 with an DELL XPS 1330, Windows keyboard. I customized Ubuntu a little bit, so that the "Windows" key on my - keyboard minimizes all open windows. If I use this key all of my running + keyboard minimizes all open windows. If I hit this key once again all of + my running application should maximize, but unfortunately all my application windows get lost. Only the last used application window maximizes again. I can't find the others on my Gnome GUI anymore. I tried several things to get them back (with no success): 1) pressing windows key once again (this should open all minimized windows again) - no reaction 2) using ALT + Tab (should open a special window showing all running applications) - nothing found (Sometimes the behavior is a little bit different. Using ALT + Tab shows the running application. But If I focus on it, it does not open the application window, but disappears even from the ALT + Tab menu.) 3) using "show desktop" panel applet - no reaction 4) This even happens if I use the minimize button at the upper left of a gnome application. Nearly all applications get lost. 5) I controlled if some applications went to one of the three other virtual desktops - nothing found This happens with: firefox, pdf viewer, sometimes with openoffice. This bug is very enervating. Please help me! ** Description changed: I use Ubuntu 8.10 with an DELL XPS 1330, Windows keyboard. I customized Ubuntu a little bit, so that the "Windows" key on my keyboard minimizes all open windows. If I hit this key once again all of - my running application should maximize, but unfortunately all my - application windows get lost. Only the last used application window - maximizes again. I can't find the others on my Gnome GUI anymore. + my running application should maximize. Unfortunately, all my + application windows get now lost. I can't find the application windows + on my Gnome GUI anymore. Only the last used application window maximizes + again. - I tried several things to get them back (with no success): + I tried the following to get the other windows back on my Gnome GUI + (with no success): 1) pressing windows key once again (this should open all minimized windows again) - no reaction 2) using ALT + Tab (should open a special window showing all running applications) - nothing found (Sometimes the behavior is a little bit different. Using ALT + Tab shows the running application. But If I focus on it, it does not open the application window, but disappears even from the ALT + Tab menu.) 3) using "show desktop" panel applet - no reaction - 4) This even happens if I use the minimize button at the upper left of a gnome application. Nearly all applications get lost. + 4) This even happens if I use the minimize button at the upper left of a gnome application. 5) I controlled if some applications went to one of the three other virtual desktops - nothing found - This happens with: firefox, pdf viewer, sometimes with openoffice. + This bug happens with: firefox, thunderbird, pdf viewer, sometimes with + openoffice. This bug is very enervating. Please help me! ** Description changed: - I use Ubuntu 8.10 with an DELL XPS 1330, Windows keyboard. + I use Ubuntu 8.10 with an DELL XPS 1330, keyboard with "Microsoft + Windows" key. - I customized Ubuntu a little bit, so that the "Windows" key on my - keyboard minimizes all open windows. If I hit this key once again all of - my running application should maximize. Unfortunately, all my + I customized Ubuntu a little bit, so that the "Microsoft Windows" key on + my keyboard minimizes all open windows. If I hit this key once again all + of my running application should maximize. Unfortunately, all my application windows get now lost. I can't find the application windows on my Gnome GUI anymore. Only the last used application window maximizes again. - I tried the following to get the other windows back on my Gnome GUI - (with no success): + I tried the following to get the other application windows back on my + Gnome GUI (with no success): - 1) pressing windows key once again (this should open all minimized windows again) - no reaction + 1) pressing "Microsoft Windows" key once again (this should maximize all minimized windows) - no reaction 2) using ALT + Tab (should open a special window showing all running applications) - nothing found (Sometimes the behavior is a little bit different. Using ALT + Tab shows the running application. But If I focus on it, it does not open the application window, but disappears even from the ALT + Tab menu.) 3) using "show desktop" panel applet - no reaction 4) This even happens if I use the minimize button at the upper left of a gnome application. 5) I controlled if some applications went to one of the three other virtual desktops - nothing found This bug happens with: firefox, thunderbird, pdf viewer, sometimes with openoffice. This bug is very enervating. Please help me! -- GNOME GUI: command "close all windows" makes application windows lost https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315419 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
