Bug#474156: epiphany-browser: sometimes places 1px-wide window at top left of screen

[Will Thompson]

Package: epiphany-browser
Version: 2.20.3-1
Severity: normal

After running Epiphany for some time, I discover that a one pixel wide,
fourteen pixel high window has been created at the top-left corner of my
screen, right above the Applications menu.  This is kind of annoying,
because I can't aim for Applications by ramming the mouse into the
corner.

Pointing xprop at the weird micro-window yields:

  WM_HINTS(WM_HINTS):
  		Client accepts input or input focus: True
  		Initial state is Normal State.
  		window id # of group leader: 0x4800001
  _NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST_COUNTER(CARDINAL) = 77264358
  _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_NORMAL
  _NET_WM_USER_TIME(CARDINAL) = 360890428
  _NET_WM_USER_TIME_WINDOW(WINDOW): window id # 0x49af5e5
  WM_CLIENT_LEADER(WINDOW): window id # 0x4800001
  _NET_WM_PID(CARDINAL) = 16548
  WM_LOCALE_NAME(STRING) = "en_GB.UTF-8"
  WM_CLIENT_MACHINE(STRING) = "talkie"
  WM_NORMAL_HINTS(WM_SIZE_HINTS):
  		program specified minimum size: 0 by 14
  		window gravity: NorthWest
  WM_PROTOCOLS(ATOM): protocols  WM_DELETE_WINDOW, WM_TAKE_FOCUS, _NET_WM_PING, _NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST
  WM_CLASS(STRING) = "epiphany-browser", "Epiphany-browser"
  WM_ICON_NAME(STRING) = "Web Browser"
  _NET_WM_ICON_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = 0x57, 0x65, 0x62, 0x20, 0x42, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x77, 0x73, 0x65, 0x72
  WM_NAME(STRING) = "Web Browser"
  _NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = 0x57, 0x65, 0x62, 0x20, 0x42, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x77, 0x73, 0x65, 0x72

I can't figure out what I'm doing to cause it to appear; I've tried
opening and closing a bunch of tabs and windows, starting downloads,
hiding and showing the download window, summoning file choosers, causing
the flash player to be loaded and unloaded, etc.  Maybe I need some
little application that waits for a window to appear at that position
with that size then screams at me so I notice it when just using the
computer.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (700, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages epiphany-browser depends on:
ii  epiphany-gecko                2.20.3-1   Intuitive GNOME web browser - Geck

epiphany-browser recommends no packages.

Versions of packages epiphany-gecko depends on:
ii  dbus                   1.1.20-1          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  epiphany-browser-data  2.20.3-1          Data files for the GNOME web brows
ii  gnome-icon-theme       2.22.0-1          GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  iso-codes              2.0-1             ISO language, territory, currency,
ii  libart-2.0-2           2.3.20-1          Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0            1.20.0-1          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0           2.22.0-1          Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0         2.22.0-1          The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                  2.7-6             GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2              1.4.14-1          The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.1.20-1          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2       0.74-1            simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libenchant1c2a         1.3.0-5           a wrapper library for various spel
ii  libffi4                4.3.0-1           Foreign Function Interface library
ii  libfontconfig1         2.5.0-2           generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6           2.3.5-1+b1        FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgcc1                1:4.3.0-1         GCC support library
ii  libgconf2-4            2.22.0-1          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0            1:2.6.2-1         library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.16.1-2          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2     2.22.0-1          Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome2-0            2.20.1.1-1        The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0      2.20.1.1-1        A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0           2.20.1.1-1        The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0         1:2.22.0-2        GNOME Virtual File System (runtime
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.12.9-2          The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                2:1.0.4-1         X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libmozjs0d             1.8.1.12-5        The Mozilla SpiderMonkey JavaScrip
ii  libnspr4-0d            4.7.0-2           NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii  liborbit2              1:2.14.12-0.1     libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.20.0-1          Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0             1.2.15~beta5-3    PNG library - runtime
ii  libpopt0               1.10-3            lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                 2:1.0.3-1+b1      X11 Session Management library
ii  libstartup-notificatio 0.9-1             library for program launch feedbac
ii  libstdc++6             4.3.0-1           The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6               2:1.0.3-7         X11 client-side library
ii  libxml2                2.6.31.dfsg-2     GNOME XML library
ii  libxrender1            1:0.9.4-1         X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxslt1.1             1.1.22-1          XSLT processing library - runtime 
ii  libxul0d               1.8.1.12-5        Gecko engine library
ii  python2.4              2.4.5-1           An interactive high-level object-o
ii  xulrunner-gnome-suppor 1.8.1.12-5        Support for GNOME in xulrunner app
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-11 compression library - runtime

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