Compiz has made a workaround available in git for this issue.
http://gitweb.opencompositing.org/?p=fusion/plugins/workarounds;a=commit;h=ddea8b07cf3046e2bb72dd5bc5161a6d24ef9f16
Michael Jung <mjung@iss.tu-darmstadt.de> writes:
> It seems that the added "data->whole_window" check in the expression
> used to decide if a window has to be switched to managed mode causes
> this problem for me.
>
> data->whole_window is set in create_whole_window at window.c:1002
> create_whole_window is called from X11DRV_CreateWindow at window.c:1292
>
> data->whole_window is tested in X11DRV_SetWindowPos at winpos.c:251
> X11DRV_SetWindowPos is called form X11DRV_CreateWindow at window.c:1287
>
> Thus, it seems to me that this check happens before
> "data->whole_window" is initialized. Removing this check (as in the
> attached patch) resolves the issue for me. But this does not seem to
> be the correct solution, since the root desktop window is now flagged
> as "managed", which does not have any impact (at least for me), but
> which seem logically incorrect.
That's just hiding the problem. If the window manager doesn't
reevaluate the wm hints when the window is mapped, many things won't
work. That's really a Compiz bug IMO.
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Alexandre Julliard
julliard@winehq.org