Parts of windows become transparent

[Pasi Lallinaho]

Binary package hint: xorg

Parts of windows become transparent in places a context menu has been. A photo is attached - if I take a screenshot, it will print the window correctly on the picture. Transparent sections disappear when activating window (borders) and dragging window (any part of window what is not part of the border).

I'm running 64-bit Xubuntu 8.10, xorg version is 1:7.4~5ubuntu3.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: xorg 1:7.4~5ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_GB.ISO-8859-15
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersion: Linux version 2.6.27-11-generic (buildd@crested) (gcc version 4.3.2 (Ubuntu 4.3.2-1ubuntu11) ) #1 SMP Fri Dec 19 16:29:35 UTC 2008

SourcePackage: xorg
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic x86_64
xkbcomp:

[lspci]
00:00.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller [10de:0369] (rev a1)
     Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Device [1297:3077]
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7600 GT] [10de:0391] (rev a1)
     Subsystem: Club-3D BV Device [196d:0000]

[Pasi Lallinaho (knome)]

I'm running a dual monitor setup.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Open xfce4-terminal window (I'm sure this has happened with other apps as well...)
(1 1/2. Remove the menubar)
2. Drag the window to other monitor
3. Right-click the window
    -> context menu appears
    -> the transparent area appears usually in the other monitor, but can appear *anywhere* quite randomly.

[Pasi Lallinaho (knome)]

Also any activity on the transparent windows removes the transparent area from that place - when the area has to be redrawn.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

[This is an automated message]

In Jaunty (9.04), we are dropping the nvidia-graphics-drivers-177 package, which
is now superseded by then nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 package.

  http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180

To transition your bug into the new package, we need your help. Please do the following:

 a. Verify the bug occurs in Jaunty with the -180 driver
     (ISOs: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/jaunty/)
 b. If you haven't already, please include in the bug:
     * Your /var/log/Xorg.0.log
     * Your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
     * The output of `lspci -vvnn`
     * Steps to reproduce the issue
 c. Under Affects, click the down arrow to the left of 'nvidia-graphics-drivers-177'
 d. Edit the Package to change 'nvidia-graphics-drivers-177' to 'nvidia-graphics-drivers-180'
 e. Click Save Changes

Thank you!

[We'll expire the remaining -177 bugs in a month or so.]

[Pasi Lallinaho (knome)]

Steps to reproduce: The same as above.

In Jaunty, I've had this more rarely than in Intrepid. This appeared the first time when I had installed/built VMware modules, but can't tell if this would have happened even without those eventually.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

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In Jaunty (9.04), we have just updated to the latest
nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 package from nVidia, version 180.44.

This package provides fixes for a large number of bugs, and we need your
assistance in testing if it fixes the issue you reported.

To do this, please do the following:

 a. Update to the 180.44 version of -nvidia using your favorite update
     method

 b. Attempt to reproduce your bug

 c. If your bug still remains, please simply reply to this email
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 d. If your bug is now solved, you can help us by setting your bug
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 e. If the original problem is solved but there are now other problems,
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Thank you!

For details on the changes in this version of -nvidia, please see:

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[Pasi Lallinaho (knome)]

This still exists with 180.44.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

I've posted a new version of the -nvidia driver to our xorg-edgers PPA,
would you mind testing it either on Jaunty or Karmic and see if it
resolves this bug?

Get nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 - 185.18.14 here:

  https://edge.launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.

[Pasi Lallinaho (knome)]

Hello,

I'm reopening this bug since I can confirm that this still exists with 180.18.14 in Jaunty. Would testing with Karmic liveCD be enough?

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

I don't think a LiveCD test would work in this case because you have to
reboot after installing the driver, and that would just flush the memory.

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 10:09:25AM -0000, Pasi Lallinaho wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm reopening this bug since I can confirm that this still exists with
> 180.18.14 in Jaunty. Would testing with Karmic liveCD be enough?
>
> ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu)
> Status: Invalid => New
>
> --
> Parts of windows become transparent
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/311038
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[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from REPORTER. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of PROJECTNAME, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.