[Bug 1325814] Re: Update manager window doesn't pop up

[LeonS]

I can confirm this behavior, but it is not confined to Update Manager.

Some programs besides Update Manager that give me this same problem

google-chrome, skype, freecad

In all cases the processes are running and the icons have menus that
indicate the programs are running. Also the click again solution does
*not* work for me. The click again will open a blank, menuless, full
screen window, that only has the close icon ("x") active... sometimes,
but not always.

tails of dmesg, nor syslog show any activity when these4 programs are
started. nor are any log files in /var/log updated.

This began after a mid-August update, and one other curious bug that
started at the same time was that clicking the fullscreen icon on nearly
every video on the web would not work and blank ourt the video screen
(burying and putting the browser window back on top brings the regular
video back). The only place on the web wher this does not happen any
more is directly from YouTube, embedded YouTube videos do not go full
screen, btu they do when you are at YouTube.com.

I don not think this is a bug with Update Manager.

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Title:
  Update manager window doesn't pop up

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When Update Manager starts to help install the package updates, I can only see it on the launcher, but no matter if I click on it, or trying Alt + Tab, or Super + W I cannot make the window itself pup up. It only seems to happen when automatically starts, because these time I usually close it from launcher and start it manually from the dash. In this case it works properly. It is quiet anoyig.
  I haven't found any other application having this kind of problem.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.196.12
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.47-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
  Aptdaemon:
   
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Tue Jun  3 07:14:36 2014
  DpkgHistoryLog.txt:
   Start-Date: 2014-06-03  07:13:13
   Commandline: apt-get upgrade -y
   Upgrade: libgnutls-openssl27:amd64 (2.12.23-12ubuntu2, 2.12.23-12ubuntu2.1), qtdeclarative5-dialogs-plugin:amd64 (5.2.1-3ubuntu15, 5.2.1-3ubuntu15.1), qtdeclarative5-privatewidgets-plugin:amd64 (5.2.1-3ubuntu15, 5.2.1-3ubuntu15.1), libfreetype6:amd64 (2.5.2-1ubuntu2.1, 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.2), libfreetype6:i386 (2.5.2-1ubuntu2.1, 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.2), libqt5qml5:amd64 (5.2.1-3ubuntu15, 5.2.1-3ubuntu15.1), libqt5quick5:amd64 (5.2.1-3ubuntu15, 5.2.1-3ubuntu15.1), qtdeclarative5-window-plugin:amd64 (5.2.1-3ubuntu15, 5.2.1-3ubuntu15.1), qtdeclarative5-qtquick2-plugin:amd64 (5.2.1-3ubuntu15, 5.2.1-3ubuntu15.1), libgnutls26:amd64 (2.12.23-12ubuntu2, 2.12.23-12ubuntu2.1), libgnutls26:i386 (2.12.23-12ubuntu2, 2.12.23-12ubuntu2.1), qtdeclarative5-localstorage-plugin:amd64 (5.2.1-3ubuntu15, 5.2.1-3ubuntu15.1)
   End-Date: 2014-06-03  07:15:20
  GsettingsChanges:
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'319'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'561'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1401771702'
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-20 (43 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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