[vmwgfx] Significant window drawing problems as VMware Workstation 17 guest.

[QuentinHartman]

Possible the problem is in another package, but gnome-shell makes the most sense to me.

Observed behavior - Windows frequently render with no grabbable frames, with misplaced black-boxes, "infinite mirror room" effects, z-fighting, etc. Will attempt to upload screenshots later. Problem is most pronounced in a Wayland session, but also exists in X11 session. System is unusable in this state.

Expected Behavior - Windows and window decorations render correctly.

Steps to reproduce - Install Ubuntu 23.04 as a guest in VMware Workstation (or player, likely) 17, using default settings on a Windows host.

Other notes - Problem does not happen in KDE. Problem did not happen (that I recall) under 22.10.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.04
Package: gnome-shell 44.0-2ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-20.20-generic 6.2.6
Uname: Linux 6.2.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.26.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Wed May 3 08:38:48 2023
DisplayManager: gdm3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-05-20 (347 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220419)
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 44.0-2ubuntu4
ShellJournal: -- No entries --
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to lunar on 2023-04-26 (6 days ago)

[QuentinHartman (qhartman)]

Screenshots of example misbehavior. I had to redact many of them to upload here. If unredacted versions would be helpful, please let me know and we can arrange some non-public sharing.

Many of the problems are transients and are difficult to capture in stills.