Unity bugs out when changing screen size
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Unity |
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unity (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
When the display size changes (due to actual display size change caused by undocking, or via xrandr, for example), unity breaks. Lots of flashes (sometimes fast, sometimes slow), and gradually will corrupt. Switching to console and restarting unity will work, as will restarting lightdm.
Attaching a couple of videos of this.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: unity 7.2.0+14.
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-23-generic i686
.tmp.unity.
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,composite
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnred
CompositorUnred
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Apr 8 08:58:47 2014
DistUpgraded: 2013-11-13 06:53:48,566 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
virtualbox, 4.3.6, 3.13.0-13-generic, i686: installed
virtualbox, 4.3.6, 3.13.0-19-generic, i686: installed
virtualbox, 4.3.6, 3.13.0-23-generic, i686: installed
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:040b]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-10-09 (1276 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate i386 (20100928.1)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6510
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-11-13 (146 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 12/05/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A16
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.
dmi.product.name: Latitude E6510
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
xserver.bootTime: Mon Apr 7 16:29:32 2014
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
product id 0
vendor LGD
xserver.version: 2:1.15.0-1ubuntu7
It seems to be a driver issue. Perhaps vboxdrv or intel or whatever