"bullet traces" criss-cross the desktop when opening some applicatons and the computer sometimes freezes except for the cursor

[bart1452]

Several display errors occur at times. When opening an application such as 4NEC2 in WINE, or when I installed WINE, or when I ran HPLIP Toolbox in GUI the first time, black lines that look like bullet traces criss-cross the screen and with HPLIP Toolbox and WINE installation some of the open windows were transparent with the print of all transparent, overlapping windows superimposed on each other. Other times when trying to scroll up or down in a window the bottom edge of the window can be seen scrolling but the top 95% doesn't change. It looks like another window scrolling up or down underneath the top window.

When BOINC was first installed and opened and then an attempt was made to close it, the whole display became wide vertical bands of primarily white and black with narrow colored stripes between a couple of the wide bands, and the stripes changed size each time the <enter> key was pressed. I was unable to get a screen shot.

The computer sometimes locks up with no windows or icons responding although the cursor could be moved about with the mouse like normal. The keyboard was also non-responsive. There seems to be no fixed pattern to the lockup except it happens after windows have been opened and closed a number of times.

The installer had trouble retrieving packages from the us.ubuntu.archive but the software list was shortened and it was told to retry. It is assumed it eventually retrieved all packages.

The Xorg.21.log is filled with:
tossed event which came in late
mieqEnequeue: out-of-order valuator event; dropping.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Feb 12 18:54:12 2009
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: linux None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux.list]
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: linux-meta
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-23-generic x86_64

[bart1452 (davidbartholomew)]

I navigated to metacity > general > compositing manager and it was turned off (false) so I turned it on. I opened up 4NEC2 application which has reliably provoked the errors and it opened without any screen errors.

The system was installed with the compositing manager turned off by default. Turning it on seems to have cured the screen errors. The problem appears to be solved.

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

This is not a bug in the linux-meta package, this is either a kernel issue or an X issue, moving to the linux package as an initial stab.

[bart1452 (davidbartholomew)]

Thanks for the reply. I thought I had come back and told it was solved. A setting needed changing and doing so fixed the problem.

--- On Tue, 6/2/09, Andy Whitcroft <email address hidden> wrote:

From: Andy Whitcroft <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 328880] Re: "bullet traces" criss-cross the desktop when opening some applicatons and the computer sometimes freezes except for the cursor
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 11:35 AM

This is not a bug in the linux-meta package, this is either a kernel
issue or an X issue, moving to the linux package as an initial stab.

** Package changed: linux-meta (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu)

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"bullet traces" criss-cross the desktop when opening some applicatons and the computer sometimes freezes except for the  cursor
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Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: New

Bug description:
Several display errors occur at times. When opening an application such as 4NEC2 in WINE, or when I installed WINE, or when I ran HPLIP Toolbox in GUI the first time, black lines that look like bullet traces criss-cross the screen and with HPLIP Toolbox and WINE installation some of the open windows were transparent with the print of all transparent, overlapping windows superimposed on each other. Other times when trying to scroll up or down in a window the bottom edge of the window can be seen scrolling but the top 95% doesn't change. It looks like another window scrolling up or down underneath the top window.

When BOINC was first installed and opened and then an attempt was made to close it, the whole display became wide vertical bands of primarily white and black with narrow colored stripes between a couple of the wide bands, and the stripes changed size each time the <enter> key was pressed. I was unable to get a screen shot.

The computer sometimes locks up with no windows or icons responding although the cursor could be moved about with the mouse like normal. The keyboard was also non-responsive. There seems to be no fixed pattern to the lockup except it happens after windows have been opened and closed a number of times.

The installer had trouble retrieving packages from the us.ubuntu.archive but the software list was shortened and it was told to retry. It is assumed it eventually retrieved all packages.

The Xorg.21.log is filled with:
tossed event which came in late
mieqEnequeue: out-of-order valuator event; dropping.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Feb 12 18:54:12 2009
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: linux None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux.list]
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: linux-meta
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-23-generic x86_64

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Hi bart1452,

This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/lucid.

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux 328880

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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[bart1452 (davidbartholomew)]

Hi Jeremy,

The problem was resolved in the settings under advice given to me by someone either in Ubuntu forums or another Ubuntu resource. I don't recall anymore what was changed in Xorg, but I thought the issue had been changed to "resolved". Thank you for following up.

Thanks with regards,
David

--- On Sat, 3/13/10, Jeremy Foshee <email address hidden> wrote:

From: Jeremy Foshee <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 328880] Re: "bullet traces" criss-cross the desktop when opening some applicatons and the computer sometimes freezes except for the cursor
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010, 8:57 PM

Hi bart1452,

This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in
it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try
with the latest development release of Ubuntu?  ISO CD images are
available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/lucid.

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a
Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal).  It will automatically
gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux 328880

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would
be great.  It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the
issue.  Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds .  Once
you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-
testing' tag.  This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon
next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and
deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text.  Please let us know your
results.

Thanks in advance.

[This is an automated message.  Apologies if it has reached you
inappropriately; please just reply to this message indicating so.]

** Tags added: needs-kernel-logs

** Tags added: needs-upstream-testing

** Tags added: kj-triage

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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"bullet traces" criss-cross the desktop when opening some applicatons and the computer sometimes freezes except for the  cursor
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/328880
You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
of the bug.

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete

Bug description:
Several display errors occur at times. When opening an application such as 4NEC2 in WINE, or when I installed WINE, or when I ran HPLIP Toolbox in GUI the first time, black lines that look like bullet traces criss-cross the screen and with HPLIP Toolbox and WINE installation some of the open windows were transparent with the print of all transparent, overlapping windows superimposed on each other. Other times when trying to scroll up or down in a window the bottom edge of the window can be seen scrolling but the top 95% doesn't change. It looks like another window scrolling up or down underneath the top window.

When BOINC was first installed and opened and then an attempt was made to close it, the whole display became wide vertical bands of primarily white and black with narrow colored stripes between a couple of the wide bands, and the stripes changed size each time the <enter> key was...

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu release http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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