No window, wrong size

[swatkins]

Since Ubuntu 17, I have had the following bug, I assumed it would be fixed without my input but has not.

When opening some package, sometimes the icon appears on the left, but no window will appear. This occurs most often with any pdf software, but also Libre, but also shot-well, cheese or mainly graphics programs. The problem goes away if the software is closed and restarted, but sometimes this requires several attempts. This also occurs sometimes (the most annoying) if the software is iconized and then re-enlarged. Also, the default window size, only for graphics software and pdf, opens windows that occupy 2 or three work spaces. If the internal defaults are corrected, the same window size opens regardless. This makes it difficult to size a window every time it is opened. As this occurs across several programs, I do not know how to collect the proper bug information.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-32.35-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-32-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Feb 14 22:28:01 2018
DistUpgraded: 2017-11-18 00:35:25,829 DEBUG icon theme changed, re-reading
DistroCodename: artful
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 virtualbox, 5.1.30, 4.13.0-21-generic, x86_64: installed
 virtualbox, 5.1.30, 4.13.0-25-generic, x86_64: installed
 virtualbox, 5.1.30, 4.13.0-31-generic, x86_64: installed
 virtualbox, 5.1.30, 4.13.0-32-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [1043:1652]
 NVIDIA Corporation GF119M [GeForce 610M] [10de:1058] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. GeForce GT 610M [1043:1652]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-31 (837 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K53SD
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.13.0-32-generic root=UUID=56e03b17-341b-4643-8ec1-7b9bd282d821 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-11-17 (88 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 01/17/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: K53SD.204
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: K53SD
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrK53SD.204:bd01/17/2012:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnK53SD:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnK53SD:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.family: K
dmi.product.name: K53SD
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.13.1+17.10.20170901-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.83-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.2.8-0ubuntu0~17.10.1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.2.8-0ubuntu0~17.10.1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.5-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.5-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.10.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20170309-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2
xserver.bootTime: Thu Nov 16 20:37:16 2017
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:
 Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
 Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
 NOUVEAU(G0): [XvMC] Failed to initialize extension.
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.19.3-1ubuntu1.3
xserver.video_driver: modeset

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

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Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) reached end-of-life on July 19, 2018.

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