Week34 - Grey launcher area on login

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Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal with ppa:timo-jyrinki/prerelease on machines with GPU (Intel, Nvidia, Radeon)

Issue: The launcher area is displayed in grey as the user logs in. See attached screenshot.

Additional info- Within few seconds after login, the launcher goes back to normal translucent view.

Action:
- Switch on machine
- Login
OR
-Log out
- Log in

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: unity 6.2.0-0ubuntu3~test5 [origin: LP-PPA-timo-jyrinki-prerelease]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-11.11-generic 3.5.2
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-11-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CrashDB: unity
CurrentDmesg:
 [ 14.378564] tg3 0000:03:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
 [ 14.378567] tg3 0000:03:00.0: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX
 [ 14.378685] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
Date: Thu Aug 23 15:25:24 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Cedar PRO [Radeon HD 5450/Radeon HD 6350] [1002:68f9] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell XPS 8300 [1028:010e]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120713.1)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 580
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-11-generic root=UUID=91506c69-ce41-4332-a88f-a660955c707f ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 11/30/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A02
dmi.board.name: 033FF6
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA02:bd11/30/2009:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron580:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn033FF6:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 580
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8+bzr3308+merged-0ubuntu1~ccsgnomeintegrationgsettings5
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.38-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.4-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.4-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.12.99.905-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120713.6ef1ad6a-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.3-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.1-4~ubuntu1

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Confirmed. This is not new. I've had this bug since at least Ubuntu 12.04, if not 11.04.

This must be a duplicate, surely?

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Week 35 - Same issue observed on ubuntu 12.10 Quantal with ppa:unity-team/release.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

It was reported in the past. Can't find the bug number right now though :/

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Week 37 - Same issue observed on 12.10 quantal with ppa:unity-team/staging

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Week 38 - Same issue observed on 12.10 quantal with ppa:unity-team/staging

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Week 40 - Same issue observed on Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal with ppa:unity-team/ppa

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Week 40 - Same issue observed in Chinese Edition 12.10 (Quantal Quetzel) Daily build

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Week 42 - Same issue observed on Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal with ppa:unity-team/sru

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Week 46 - Same issue observed on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise with ppa:unity-team/sru

[Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)]

Closing considering the nature of the bug and the long inactivity.