Openbox leaves a trail on new windows

[lotuspsychje]

Ubuntu 18.04.4 (ubuntu-desktop with gnome) LTS with kernel 5.3.0-28-generic @ 11/2/2020 system up to date

Installing openbox and login into it
opening new windows leaves trails around the windows when moving them
tested on graphics: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 (Kaby Lake GT3e)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: openbox 3.6.1-7ubuntu0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-28.30~18.04.1-generic 5.3.13
Uname: Linux 5.3.0-28-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Feb 11 12:16:00 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-18 (268 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190210)
SourcePackage: openbox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Ronalds (r-mazitis)]

Check Intel UHD Graphics 610 as well.

[ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl)]

I suspect this is a problem related more to the particular graphics chip, which I've never had. I've long used Openbox (on Lubuntu, mind you, which could very well be the difference) with no problems, though. I would suggest doing a couple things:

 1. Ensure that you can reproduce this in a freshly installed system, or perhaps even just the live media. If you can't, then it's something specific about your setup.
 2. Check to see if you can reproduce it in a virtual machine. If you can't, then it must be specific to your card.
 3. Check to see if other flavors of Ubuntu are affected by this. If they are not, it must be something specific about the default Ubuntu set up. At the very least, Lubuntu should Just Work™ unless it's related to your card.

Finally a word of warning: upstream Openbox developers long pronounced it a finished project so the likelihood of getting any bugs fixed, at least by upstream, is quite small.

[lotuspsychje (lotuspsychje)]

Tested on 20.04 development branch with intel 620 graphics
where the same happens after just installed openbox
(see screenshot)
menu items also dont unfold properly

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

I booted a Lubuntu 20.04 system on dell [optiplex] 780 (c2q-q9400, 8gb, amd/ati cedar radeon hd 5000/6000/7350/8350), a ~recent QA-install which has had little modifications as it's not used.

I logged in via `openbox` and could not replicate this issue on the Lubuntu install either. I'll continue testing.. FYI: I've seen the issue you describe too, but not recently.

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

hp dx6120mt (mini-tower, pentium 4 dual core, 3gb, winfast clone of nvidia 7600gt)

A 18.04.4 (i386) QA-install of Kubuntu was recently done to this box. I logged in at terminal, `sudo apt install lubuntu-desktop`, switched to GUI and logged in with `openbox` and COULD replicate this issue. reboot & issue was again reproducible when logged in with `openbox`.

I booted the Lubuntu 18.04.4 LTS media and tried using `openbox` at the login screen, but this time could NOT re-create the issue.

(why bionic on this box; I was looking at a `gnome-mpv` issue on i386 lubuntu so this box was handy; I'd forgotten I installed xubuntu over lubuntu, then kubuntu over xubuntu..)

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Re-tested on dell [optiplex] 780 (c2q-q9400, 8gb, amd/ati cedar radeon hd 5000/6000/7350/8350) using a Lubuntu 18.04.4 QA-install from last week, logging in via `openbox` I could NOT replicate the issue.

I also booted Lubuntu 18.04.4 installs on
- hp dc7700 (c2d-e6320, 5gb, nvidia quadro nvs 290)
- dell [optiplex] 755 (c2d-e8300, 8gb, amd/ati radeon rv610/radeon hd2400 pro/xt)

logging in using `openbox` and could NOT replicate the issue

[ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl)]

This bug seems to be confirmed, yes, but the conditions and steps to reproduce seem to be missing, so please keep the status incomplete until we get that figured out.

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

As requested by @wxl

To re-produce I only had to

1. login using openbox
2. right click and open terminal
3. drag terminal around screen using mouse; everywhere it left trails/images

I tried a number of boxes (could not replicate), the box I could replicate it on was

18.04.4 LTS qa-install (from last week); kubuntu with lubuntu-desktop added

Kernel : 5.3.0-40-generic
lshw reports 'driver=nouveau'

guiverc@dx6120-kub-18044:~$ sudo lshw -C video
[sudo] password for guiverc:
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: G73 [GeForce 7600 GT]
       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: a1
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0
       resources: irq:27 memory:f1000000-f1ffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f2000000-f2ffffff ioport:1000(size=128) memory:c0000-dffff

[ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl)]

Chris: It seems the key to making that system not work, though, was Kubuntu being installed first, though, right? You tried with Lubuntu and no problems? If that is true, can you try the Kubuntu+lubuntu-desktop thing on the other machines you have available? If we can reproduce on more than one (especially if there's not a common card or driver) then we can limit the bug down to something about Kubuntu (or the combination of Kubuntu+openbox).

It might also be good to see what other flavors+lubuntu-desktop result in. I presume the OP is on Ubuntu proper?

Oh, and in all cases we're logging in with the Openbox session, right? What if we instead simply changed the value of x-window-manager and logged into the normal session?

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

hp dx6120mt (mini-tower, pentium 4 dual core, 3gb, winfast clone of nvidia 7600gt)

Walter, I used the i386 box for testing Lubuntu until all (lubu) testing was done, then used it for some i386 Xubuntu .. then some i386 Kubuntu. When I booted it for 'openbox' testing I'd forgotten Lubuntu wasn't there anymore (and installing lubuntu-desktop was quicker than a re-install)

===> IMPORTANT BIT
On dx6120mt I booted the 18.04.4 live media (last RC), logged out of LXDE/Lubuntu, then into Openbox... I could NOT re-create issue here !!

A clean install of Lubuntu 18.04.4 LTS was just done on dx6120, and as Walter expected; logging into 'Openbox' I could NOT re-create the issue; same box that has kubuntu+lubuntu on.

(Kubuntu+Lubuntu is in different partition.. I'll continue playing/exploring (but not today))
=== END important bit

I tested on installed Lubuntu 18.04 on
- dell [optiplex] 755 (c2d-e6850, 5gb, amd/ati radeon rv516/x1300/x1550)
no re-creation of this issue.
I couldn't re-create this on
- hp dc7700 (c2d-e6320, 5gb, nvidia quadro nvs 290)
- hp 8200 elite sff (i5-2400, 8gb, nvidia quadro 600)
using 20.04 'live' (today's daily)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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