onscreen notification of events such as printing complete, network device detected show only background, thus, no text and/or information

[homeBoy]

the pop up screen which displays printing notification, Network connection lost or connected only shows a background image with no text. Further more, frequently dialog boxes display this same behavior, where the "OK", "Cancel", and other buttons are covered by the foreground color.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Sep 9 01:55:16 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.13+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-9.29-generic
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-9-generic i686

[Michael Lustfield (michaellustfield)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately, there is an inconsistency in this bug report which is confusing me. Could you please run the following command to collect the data again. It would be preferred if you could do this right after the issue occurs again.
   apport-collect -p notify-osd 426672

If you have trouble, please do not hesitate to ask for more assistance. Thanks in advance.

[homeBoy (walt-r-young)]

As per your request...

walt@xxxxxxxx:~$ apport-collect -p notify-osd 426672
Logging into Launchpad... You have to allow "Change anything" privileges.
Downloading bug information...
The authorization page:
   (
https://edge.launchpad.net/+authorize-token?oauth_token=fTdkdMFQp1HCHH6g9DRN
)
should be opening in your browser. After you have authorized
this program to access Launchpad on your behalf you should come
back here and press <Enter> to finish the authentication process.

Bug title: onscreen notification of events such as printing complete,
network device detected show only background, thus, no text and/or
information
Collecting apport information for source package notify-osd...
No additional information collected.
walt@xxxxxxxx:~$

Might this be a problem with gtk? Since upgrading to koala alpha 5, the
bottom row of buttons in dialog boxes frequently behaves the same way...
i.e. the buttons are not distinguishable because the whole row appears black
(foreground or text color) with a few intermittent pixels of white (
background color) , I reported it as osd because that is where I first
noticed this problem,

tnx,
W

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Michael Lustfield <email address hidden>wrote:

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu
> better. Unfortunately, there is an inconsistency in this bug report which is
> confusing me. Could you please run the following command to collect the data
> again. It would be preferred if you could do this right after the issue
> occurs again.
> apport-collect -p notify-osd 426672
>
> If you have trouble, please do not hesitate to ask for more assistance.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> ** Changed in: notify-osd (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> onscreen notification of events such as printing complete, network device
> detected show only background, thus, no text and/or information
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/426672
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “notify-osd” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> the pop up screen which displays printing notification, Network connection
> lost or connected only shows a background image with no text. Further more,
> frequently dialog boxes display this same behavior, where the "OK",
> "Cancel", and other buttons are covered by the foreground color.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Wed Sep 9 01:55:16 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.13+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=(custom, user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-9.29-generic
> SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-9-generic i686
>

[Mirco Müller (macslow)]

Could you also provide screenshots of the notifications you mentioned?

[homeBoy (walt-r-young)]

Pardon me for the delay... Here is the requested screen shot. Thanks for
you assistance.

W

On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 4:36 AM, Mirco Müller
<email address hidden>wrote:

> Could you also provide screenshots of the notifications you mentioned?
>
> --
> onscreen notification of events such as printing complete, network device
> detected show only background, thus, no text and/or information
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/426672
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “notify-osd” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> the pop up screen which displays printing notification, Network connection
> lost or connected only shows a background image with no text. Further more,
> frequently dialog boxes display this same behavior, where the "OK",
> "Cancel", and other buttons are covered by the foreground color.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Wed Sep 9 01:55:16 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.13+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=(custom, user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-9.29-generic
> SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-9-generic i686
>

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

I have the same problem on a Thinkpad T30 with the radeon driver.

[Mirco Müller (macslow)]

This is a bug in the EXA-part of the ati/radeon driver. I'll reassign this to the correct package. Afaik the issue has already been fixed in the upstream version of the driver.

[Mirco Müller (macslow)]

Argl... I mean XAA-part. Using EXA actually works around this. Bummer!