[i945] Application Switcher plug-in causes flicker after switching if fading animation hasn't finished

[Bálint Magyar]

Binary package hint: compiz

This bug is observed when the Application Switcher plugin is used on i945, with the Bring To Front option enabled. After switching to an application, its focused window will disappear for a fraction of a second, then reappear again. Seems to be 100% reproducible on my computer. Karmic beta, all packages are up to date.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,move,resize,place,decoration,animation,ccp,regex,clone,extrawm,session,svg,workarounds,text,video,gnomecompat,dbus,mousepoll,winrules,thumbnail,neg,png,snap,vpswitch,imgjpeg,put,obs,loginout,wall,resizeinfo,expo,shelf,ezoom,fade,addhelper,scale,switcher]
Date: Fri Oct 16 15:29:10 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 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 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: CLEVO Co. M5x0N
Package: compiz 1:0.8.3+git20091005-0ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: all
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
PciDisplay: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03)
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=12f06fad-0c29-4d2d-8453-60487a38f9f7 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.47-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: compiz
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies NAPA0001.86C.0049.D.06022217490000
dmi.bios.version: 02/22/06
dmi.board.name: M5x0N
dmi.board.vendor: CLEVO Co.
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesNAPA0001.86C.0049.D.06022217490000:bvr02/22/06:bd:svnCLEVOCo.:pnM5x0N:pvrNotApplicable:rvnCLEVOCo.:rnM5x0N:rvrNotApplicable:cvnNoEnclosure:ct1:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: M5x0N
dmi.product.version: Not Applicable
dmi.sys.vendor: CLEVO Co.
system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = i686, kernel = 2.6.31-14-generic

[Kirill Kabardin (kkabardin)]

I can confirm this for nvidia proprietary driver too. So this doesn't seem like a driver issue to me.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for your bug report. Is this still an issue with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal? May you please check and comment back? Thanks in advance!.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for compiz (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Ben Gamari (bgamari)]

This issue was never fixed and still occurs with Precise.

[Ben Gamari (bgamari)]

Actually looking at the #862430 again, it doesn't seem like it's the same issue. Sorry for the incorrect duplicate annotation.