[Regression] bubble broken in non-compiz mode

[Mads Lundby]

Binary package hint: notify-osd

1) Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10

2)notify-osd:
  Installeret: 0.9.22-0ubuntu1
  Kandidat: 0.9.22-0ubuntu1
  Versionstabel:
 *** 0.9.22-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://mirror.uni-c.dk karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3) I expected the bubble to be rendered correcty regardless of whether I choose to activate compiz or not.
4) The notification bubble is broken in Karmic in normal (non-compiz) mode. There was no problem in Jaunty. When I turn on the visual 3D-effects everything the notification bubble works just fine. The problem is persistent and affects all application's notifications. Have a look at the attached screenshots.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 12 00:35:59 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
GtkTheme: Human
IconTheme: Humanity
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: IBM 183056G
Package: notify-osd 0.9.22-0ubuntu1
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-11-generic root=UUID=4e1de137-b3df-4095-b471-9fbd186b2e88 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=da_DK.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0~git20090817.7c422387-0ubuntu6
 libdrm2 2.4.13-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.8.1-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090825.fc74e119-0ubuntu2
SourcePackage: notify-osd
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686
WindowManager: metacity
dmi.bios.date: 06/18/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: IBM
dmi.bios.version: 1RETDRWW (3.23 )
dmi.board.name: 183056G
dmi.board.vendor: IBM
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: IBM
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIBM:bvr1RETDRWW(3.23):bd06/18/2007:svnIBM:pn183056G:pvrThinkPadR50:rvnIBM:rn183056G:rvrNotAvailable:cvnIBM:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 183056G
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad R50
dmi.sys.vendor: IBM

[Mads Lundby (lundbymads-gmail)]

The screenshots are in the Skrivebord.zip file

[Mads Lundby (lundbymads-gmail)]

The problem persists in ver. 0.9.23

notify-osd:
  Installeret: 0.9.23-0ubuntu1
  Kandidat: 0.9.23-0ubuntu1
  Versionstabel:
 *** 0.9.23-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://mirror.uni-c.dk karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Mirco Müller (macslow)]

That's rather a bug in the OpenSource ati/radeon driver (xserver-xorg-video-ati) and not in notify-osd. As verification I tried non-composited metacity on an intel GMA X3100 (aka i965) using xserver-xorg-video-intel and on a Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT using nvidia-glx. In both cases the non-composited rendering code-path in notify-osd worked correctly without any artefacts.

[max123 (maxrest)]

I can confirm this, I also got this bug

[JW (james-west22)]

I have a Dell C640 with an ATI Radeon 7500 and it has this same issue, I have to turn off all effects otherwise the system freezes. When I turn off the effects the bubble notifications are corrupted and don't display properly.

This very same issue also effects the System Montior application.

Everything worked fine in all previous releases, any info to fix would be appreciated.