unfocused terminal window blinking because of transparency unreasonably changing

[Miroslav Zaťko]

unfocused terminal window blinking because of transparency unreasonably changing without any action on keyboard nor mouse

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-17.18-generic 5.0.8
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.01.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:01:00.0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 418.56 Fri Mar 15 12:59:26 CDT 2019
 GCC version: gcc version 8.3.0 (Ubuntu 8.3.0-6ubuntu1)
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Jun 21 20:01:45 2019
DistUpgraded: 2019-04-19 17:34:11,213 ERROR got error from PostInstallScript ./xorg_fix_proprietary.py (g-exec-error-quark: Failed to execute child process “./xorg_fix_proprietary.py” (No such file or directory) (8))
DistroCodename: disco
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia, 418.56, 5.0.0-16-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia, 418.56, 5.0.0-17-generic, x86_64: installed
 virtualbox, 6.0.6, 5.0.0-16-generic, x86_64: installed
 virtualbox, 6.0.6, 5.0.0-17-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: No
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation GM107GLM [Quadro M2000M] [10de:13b0] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Lenovo GM107GLM [Quadro M2000M] [17aa:2230]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-27 (420 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
MachineType: LENOVO 20EN0008XS
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.0.0-17-generic root=UUID=9ba5bcf6-c098-48cd-b443-cbb9ab3b0f03 ro quiet splash acpi_sleep=nonvs vt.handoff=1
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-04-19 (63 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 02/21/2019
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: N1EET83W (1.56 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 20EN0008XS
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Defined
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: None
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrN1EET83W(1.56):bd02/21/2019:svnLENOVO:pn20EN0008XS:pvrThinkPadP50:rvnLENOVO:rn20EN0008XS:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNone:
dmi.product.family: ThinkPad P50
dmi.product.name: 20EN0008XS
dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_20EN_BU_Think_FM_ThinkPad P50
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad P50
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.97-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 19.0.2-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 19.0.2-1ubuntu1
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.4-1ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.0.1-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20180925-2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 561370, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.