Window title visible when screen locked

Bug #911057 reported by Gregory Haynes
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gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)
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unity (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

When screen is locked the window title is visible on the top menu bar. This is an issue especially with web browsers especially where the currently viewed page title is visible without unlocking which can leak information.

Steps to reproduce:
- Open web browser to a website
- Wait for screen to lock
- Move mouse to display unlock dialog
- Observe page title in top menu bar

Using unity on ubuntu 11.10.

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

thanks for your bug report. is the issue persistent or was it specific to only one session? I believe the issue would have gone after login/.

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Gregory Haynes (greghaynes) wrote : Re: [Bug 911057] Re: Window title visible when screen locked

The issue exists for all sessions with unity and only exists after
login. The desired behavior is for the window title to not be visible
when the screen is locked but the unlock password dialog is visible.

A clarification for steps to reproduce: Web browser window must be maximized.

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 4:15 AM, Omer Akram <email address hidden> wrote:
> thanks for your bug report. is the issue persistent or was it specific
> to only one session? I believe the issue would have gone after login/.
>
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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

Is that a multimonitor setup? I can't seem to recreate the issue with the steps you provided.

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Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar) wrote :

Neither can I reproduce the issue. For now, it seems like gnome-screensaver may be at blame here, so I'm adding a bug task for it

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Gregory Haynes (greghaynes) wrote :

I am on a single monitor setup (a laptop). To clarify the issue, when the
dialog to enter password to unlock screen shows the menu bar on the top of
the screen is visible. If a window was maximized before the screen was
locked the window title is visible there.
On Jan 4, 2012 8:20 PM, "Bilal Akhtar" <email address hidden> wrote:

> Neither can I reproduce the issue. For now, it seems like gnome-
> screensaver may be at blame here, so I'm adding a bug task for it
>
>
> ** Also affects: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
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Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar) wrote :

I had the issue once today. It happens randomly, not always when an app is maximized. Difficult to reproduce (happens like one time in a hundred). I'll mark this confirmed, seems more like a gnome-screensaver issue than Unity.

Changed in gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity:
status: New → Incomplete
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Gregory Haynes (greghaynes) wrote :

Thats odd as for me it happens every time my screen is locked. I am on
64bit ubuntu although I'm not sure how that would make a difference.

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Bilal Akhtar <email address hidden> wrote:
> I had the issue once today. It happens randomly, not always when an app
> is maximized. Difficult to reproduce (happens like one time in a
> hundred). I'll mark this confirmed, seems more like a gnome-screensaver
> issue than Unity.
>
> ** Changed in: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)
>       Status: New => Confirmed
>
> ** Changed in: unity
>       Status: New => Incomplete
>
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Gregory Haynes (greghaynes) wrote :

A recent update seems to have fixed this issue.

On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Gregory Haynes <email address hidden> wrote:
> Thats odd as for me it happens every time my screen is locked. I am on
> 64bit ubuntu although I'm not sure how that would make a difference.
>
> On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Bilal Akhtar <email address hidden> wrote:
>> I had the issue once today. It happens randomly, not always when an app
>> is maximized. Difficult to reproduce (happens like one time in a
>> hundred). I'll mark this confirmed, seems more like a gnome-screensaver
>> issue than Unity.
>>
>> ** Changed in: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)
>>       Status: New => Confirmed
>>
>> ** Changed in: unity
>>       Status: New => Incomplete
>>
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Jakob Unterwurzacher (jakobunt) wrote :
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Robert Dyer (psybers) wrote :

I have this problem. Sometimes the dock shows, sometimes it doesnt. And some times only part of the dock is drawn (probably related to my Nvidia card.. it does strange things).

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Gregory Haynes (greghaynes) wrote :

I still have this bug on intel integrated graphics

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:10 AM, Robert Dyer <email address hidden> wrote:
> I have this problem.  Sometimes the dock shows, sometimes it doesnt.
> And some times only part of the dock is drawn (probably related to my
> Nvidia card.. it does strange things).
>
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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote :

Gregory, do you have the launcher set to auto-hide? If so, this is a duplicate of bug 886605.

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