Using Gnome 2.10 (stable). I work in workspace 3 with aMule maximized. If I change to another workspace (say 1) and change back to 3, aMule is minimized in the notification area. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Maximize aMule in a workspace. 2.Change to another workspace. 3.Change back to the first workspace. Actual Results: aMule was minimized to Gnome notification area. Expected Results: aMule should stay maximized in the original workspace. Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5-20050130, glibc-2.3.5-r1, 2.6.12-gentoo-r9 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r9 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.seren.com/gentoo http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/ http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ ftp://gentoo.agsn.ca/ http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/ http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo http://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo/ http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/gentoo/ http://ftp.ceid.upatras.gr/pub/linux/gentoo http://gentoo.math.bme.hu http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/gentoo/ http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo http://mirror.gentoo.no/ http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ http://mirror.etf.bg.ac.yu/gentoo http://mirror.isp.net.au/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ http://adelie.polymtl.ca/ ftp://gentoo.risq.qc.ca/" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow 3dnowext X a52 acl acpi alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth bonobo bzlib caps cdr crypt cups curl doc dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd exif fam fbcon flac foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gimpprint glx gnome gnutls gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile hddtemp iconv imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jpeg junit kde kdeenablefinal ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod mime mmx mmxext motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses nls nptl nsplugin ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png ppds python qt quicktime readline ruby samba sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode userlocales vorbis win32codecs xine xml xml2 xmms xprint xv xvid zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
[Preferences] disable the options on the first tab: [] Enable Tray Icon [] Minimize to the Notification area Your problem is solved.
Closing.