Top menu bar flips to background image

Bug #1058227 reported by speedymax
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Bug Description

Happens only when multiple monitors are connected. This is a regression in Unity 5.16 as version 5.14 doesn't have this problem.

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The top menu bar of ubuntu flips to blue (my background image) when the mouse cursor hits it for the first time. It only happens after opening the program for the first time. And it happens after minimizing and maximizing the program again from unity menu and hitting the top menu for the first time. It only happens when the mouse enters the area where the program menu items are. So not the email, network, sound, time and power icons. Close, Minimize, Maximize do give the flipping effect.

When program screen is not full screen. The bar disappears totally. Like in the screen-shot. Its hard to get it back.

All programs are affected

Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04
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.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is een map: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 295.40 Thu Apr 5 21:28:09 PDT 2012
 GCC version: gcc versie 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5)
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,imgpng,place,unitymtgrabhandles,resize,gnomecompat,grid,session,move,snap,regex,mousepoll,wall,animation,expo,fade,workarounds,scale,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
DistUpgraded: 2012-07-02 18:48:59,961 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: precise
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 8400 GS] [10de:10c3] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:2400]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
JockeyStatus:
 xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
 xorg:nvidia_current_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
MachineType: MSI MS-7236
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: unity 5.16.0-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-31-generic root=UUID=6567de8b-9fe7-40de-8e8e-04a8823357d3 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-31.50-generic 3.2.28
Tags: precise running-unity precise running-unity precise running-unity ubuntu compiz-0.9
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic i686
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-07-02 (88 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare www-data
dmi.bios.date: 09/04/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: V3.7
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: MS-7236
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: 2.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV3.7:bd09/04/2007:svnMSI:pnMS-7236:pvr2.0:rvnMSI:rnMS-7236:rvr2.0:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: MS-7236
dmi.product.version: 2.0
dmi.sys.vendor: MSI
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1.4
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.3+8.0.2-0ubuntu3.2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.3+8.0.2-0ubuntu3.2
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.8
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1.2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

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speedymax (speedymax) wrote :
description: updated
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. It seems that your bug report is not filed about a specific source package though, rather it is just filed against Ubuntu in general. It is important that bug reports be filed about source packages so that people interested in the package can find the bugs about it. You can find some hints about determining what package your bug might be about at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. You might also ask for help in the #ubuntu-bugs irc channel on Freenode.

To change the source package that this bug is filed about visit https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1058227/+editstatus and add the package name in the text box next to the word Package.

[This is an automated message. I apologize if it reached you inappropriately; please just reply to this message indicating so.]

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Sami Jaktholm (sjakthol) wrote : Re: Top menu bar flips to blue (background colour)

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in unity.

Could you execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:
apport-collect 1058227

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs.

affects: ubuntu → unity (Ubuntu)
Changed in unity:
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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speedymax (speedymax) wrote : .proc.driver.nvidia.params.txt

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tags: added: apport-collected compiz-0.9 precise running-unity ubuntu
description: updated
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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote : Re: Top menu bar flips to blue (background colour)

thanks for the bug report. please open a terminal and type 'unity --reset' then after that see if the issue still happens for you.

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speedymax (speedymax) wrote :

unity --reset complete problem remains

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

Its definitely a multimonitor issue. Does it happen if you disconnect the external monitor. Can you please check if you are using the latest version of unity (5.16.0) ? Also when did the issue first started to happen ? was it after an update or has it been like that since you tried?

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speedymax (speedymax) wrote :

Yes i am running unity 5.16.0. I switched off my secondary screen with the following command: disper -s. Then the flipping effect is gone. So yes it a multimonitor issue.

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speedymax (speedymax) wrote :

It has started recently, I think it's near the last kernel update from last week.

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Sami Jaktholm (sjakthol) wrote :

I'm quite sure this problem was caused by the latest SRU as it contained some backported fixes from Quantal where similar problems have been observed (bug 1042024). And those problems have now started to occur in Precise too.

Could you downgrade Unity to 5.14 and test if the problem was caused by the Unity 5.16 SRU few weeks back?

To downgrade, download following packages:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/5.14.0-0ubuntu1/+build/3676768/+files/libunity-core-5.0-5_5.14.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/5.14.0-0ubuntu1/+build/3676768/+files/unity-common_5.14.0-0ubuntu1_all.deb
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/5.14.0-0ubuntu1/+build/3676768/+files/unity-services_5.14.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/5.14.0-0ubuntu1/+build/3676768/+files/unity_5.14.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb

Open terminal and go to the directory you downloaded those packages to (for example if you put them to Downloads run following):
cd Downloads

Then run
sudo dpkg -i *unity*.deb
unity --replace

If the problem is gone, it's definitely caused by the latest SRU.

When done, run following command to install the latest Unity:
sudo apt-get install unity unity-services libunity-core-5.0-5 unity-common

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speedymax (speedymax) wrote :

Unity 5.14 core resolves the issue. So it is in the unity 5.16 core. The latest SRU is causing the problem.

Sami Jaktholm (sjakthol)
Changed in unity:
status: Incomplete → New
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
Sami Jaktholm (sjakthol)
description: updated
tags: added: multimonitor regression-update
removed: bar flip menu
speedymax (speedymax)
summary: - Top menu bar flips to blue (background colour)
+ Top menu bar flips to background image
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Walter Garcia-Fontes (walter-garcia) wrote :

Sorry Gudio for the long unattended report. Please feel free to mark the "Status" of the bug to "New" again if you can still see this issue on a currently supported version of Ubuntu fully updated.

Changed in unity:
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for Unity because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in unity:
status: Incomplete → Expired
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for unity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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