Ubuntu
compiz package

Shadow of hidden dock type windows is still visible

Bug #458385 reported by Graham Whelan on 2009-10-22

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #449272: [compiz] applets with Dock type window leave shadow. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	compiz (Ubuntu)	Triaged	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: compiz

The shadows for windows with the flag WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DOCK set are still visible even after the window has been hidden. Also the shadows for dock windows appear to be drawn below all other windows directly onto the desktop.

This may be related to the patch:

compiz (1:0.8.2-0ubuntu16) karmic; urgency=low

  [ Travis Watkins ]
  * debian/patches/015_draw_dock_shadows_on_desktop.patch:
    - change decoration plugin to draw dock shadows only on the desktop window instead of on top of all other windows

mentioned in Bug #91786.

I've attached some simple PyGTK code to demonstrate the problem.

Thanks

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,move,resize,place,decoration,animation,ccp,dbus,mousepoll,gnomecompat,png,svg,imgjpeg,text,commands,neg,video,wall,snap,scale,scaleaddon,expo,staticswitcher,regex,resizeinfo,workarounds,ezoom,vpswitch,extrawm,fade,session,shift,wobbly]
Date: Thu Oct 22 18:32:54 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: Zepto Znote
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: compiz 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: all
PccardctlIdent:
Socket 0:
no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
Socket 0:
no card
PciDisplay: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600M GT] [10de:0407] (rev a1)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-11-generic root=UUID=935fee6e-ba75-4357-adf6-418d2a3bc689 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_IE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu7
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 2.6.31-11-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 07/27/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: Z15N008
dmi.board.name: Znote
dmi.board.vendor: Zepto
dmi.board.version: 6025WD/6625WD
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Zepto
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrZ15N008:bd07/27/2007:svnZepto:pnZnote:pvr6625WD:rvnZepto:rnZnote:rvr6025WD/6625WD:cvnZepto:ct1:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Znote
dmi.product.version: 6625WD
dmi.sys.vendor: Zepto
system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = x86_64, kernel = 2.6.31-11-generic

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Graham Whelan (gawhelan) wrote on 2009-10-22:

Basic app to demonstrate shadow problems with dock type windows Edit (522 bytes, text/x-python)
BootDmesg.txt Edit (51.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (3.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (4.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (45.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (16.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (561 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (103.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (205.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (213 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (15.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (16.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (5.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XsessionErrors.txt Edit (45.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
glxinfo.txt Edit (21.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Travis Watkins (amaranth) wrote on 2009-10-22:

What actual application are you seeing with this problem other than the invest-applet? gnome-panel is the only thing that should be getting a shadow from compiz and setting itself as a dock type window and it works fine with autohide.

Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Low
status:	New → Triaged

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Graham Whelan (gawhelan) wrote on 2009-10-22:

I'm only seeing the problem with my own applications. For example, I'm writing a launcher app like gnome-do and I'm using the dock type hint for the main window. I don't expect this to be a priority for anyone as it probably doesn't affect any users at the moment but I just wanted to make sure that the errant behaviour is noted and that the bug is reported.