[Bug 31605] New: [EA Origin] creates an undrawable unmanaged window on Mass Effect 3 start

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31605

Bug #: 31605
           Summary: [EA Origin] creates an undrawable unmanaged window on
                    Mass Effect 3 start
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.5.12
          Platform: x86-64
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]
    Classification: Unclassified

It looks like this: http://i.imgur.com/fQJuA.png
I have no games other than ME3 in Origin. When I start ME3, the intro video
freezes for a second after 2-3 seconds and then this ugly rectangle appears
with a piece of the video on it. It's an always on top windows, undrawable,
unmanaged (it's shown on all tags in Awesome WM), unclickable, unresizable etc.
and it appears always on the same position and has always the same size. It
just sits there and obstructs playing. I've tried both stable Origin and Origin
Beta without any difference. I also tried to get its ID with xprop and hide it
with xdotool but it reappears instantly with another window ID. I turned off
all possible notifications and popups in Origin and it's still there.

Debian Wheezy amd64
Wine 1.5.12
NVIDIA blob 295.49

[Bug 31605] [EA Origin] creates an undrawable unmanaged window on Mass Effect 3 start

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31605

--- Comment #1 from rkfg  2012-09-08 11:47:28 CDT ---
A temporary workaround to this is to execute the following command while ME3
window is in focus (requires xdotool utility):

xdotool search --name Origin windowunmap %@

This will hide all Origin windows including this buggy one. The tricky part is
doing this not in terminal or any other window but with a keyboard shortcut
because when ME3 window loses and regains focus this obstructive window is
created again. Look into your WM config or DE preferences to bind this command
to a keystroke. For example, in Awesome WM I added:

awful.key({ modkey, "Shift" }, "r", function ()
awful.util.spawn_with_shell("xdotool search --name Origin windowunmap %@")
end),

And pressing Modkey+Shift+R solves the problem. For the first time I had to
switch to another tag and press these keys there, though.

[Bug 31605] [EA Origin] creates an undrawable unmanaged window on Mass Effect 3 start

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31605

rkfg  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID

--- Comment #2 from rkfg  2013-01-29 05:14:37 CST ---
I've almost forgot about this issue. Seems to be a bug somewhere between Origin
and Awesome WM, because after several Origin updates this is no longer
happening.

[Bug 31605] [EA Origin] creates an undrawable unmanaged window on Mass Effect 3 start

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31605

Austin English  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #3 from Austin English  2013-01-30 16:03:54 CST ---
Closing.