GUI elements stop updating
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
compiz (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Under some conditions, certain windows and panels will stop being redrawn while using compiz. This persists until they are moved around or minimized/restored. This is particularly bad with panels---while it rapidly becomes apparent that an application has stopped visually responding, there is usually no obvious sign at all that the panel has stopped updating, resulting in reading the wrong time or in thinking that panel applets are in a different state from reality.
One way to reliably reproduce this bug (as shown in the attached video) is to, while connected to a wireless network, with applets in a non–full-width panel, use nm-applet to initiate a connection to another network. This causes the panel to stop responding, as well as certain windows (observed with a full-screen Firefox window.)
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | New → Confirmed |
summary: |
- windows and panels stop redrawing + GUI elements stop updating |
tags: | added: iso-testing |
I have two somewhat reliable ways of triggering this behavior.
The first is to use CompizConfig and enable a random plugin, such as Blur.
The second is to put the notification area on an unexpanded panel and then disconnect so nm-applet will change its icon and thus its size.