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compiz package

Reflection effect locks up GUI

Bug #477254 reported by abennet1 on 2009-11-07

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #298532: [i965 mesa] reflection plugin freezes systems with Intel GM965. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	compiz (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: compiz

ubuntu 9.10, 64-bit, compiz 0.8.4-0ubuntu2, compizconfig-settings-manager 0.8.2-0ubuntu1. Intel GM965/GL960 integrated graphics card.
I installed compizconfig-settings-manager for the first time and started adding a few effects. I enabled a few 'animations' and then the 'animations add-ons'. I tried to enable the 'reflection' effect and my screen immediately locked up. No keys seemed to work, and I had to power down my laptop by holding down the power button. When I restarted, after logging in (actually I am set to auto-login) the screen locked up again while the desktop was still loading; again, no way out but to hold down the power button to power off. I got to a recovery shell and removed compizconfig-settings-manager, but the computer still locked up on the next boot. I got to the recovery shell again and added "export WINDOW_MANAGER=metacity" to the end of my ~/.bashrc, and was finally able to get back to my desktop.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,move,resize,place,decoration,animation,ccp,video,dbus,gnomecompat,text,shift,vpswitch,session,extrawm,png,svg,regex,neg,imgjpeg,resizeinfo,workarounds,mousepoll,commands,snap,wall,animationaddon,wobbly,expo,fade,scale,ezoom,staticswitcher,scaleaddon]
Date: Sat Nov 7 01:11:20 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: - N/A
Package: compiz 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: all
PciDisplay: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 0c)
ProcCmdLine: root=/dev/mapper/lvm-lvmroot ro single
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-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 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 06/26/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: COMPAL
dmi.bios.version: 1.10
dmi.board.name: IFL91
dmi.board.vendor: COMPAL
dmi.board.version: REFERENCE
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: -
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnCOMPAL:bvr1.10:bd06/26/2007:svn-:pnN/A:pvrN/A:rvnCOMPAL:rnIFL91:rvrREFERENCE:cvnNoEnclosure:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: N/A
dmi.product.version: N/A
dmi.sys.vendor: -
system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = x86_64, kernel = 2.6.31-14-generic

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abennet1 (abennet1) wrote on 2009-11-07:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (51.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (4.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (46.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (16.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (488 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (104.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (128.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (325 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (61.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (43.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (2.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XsessionErrors.gz Edit (3.5 KiB, application/x-gzip)
glxinfo.txt Edit (16.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
monitors.xml.txt Edit (1.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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abennet1 (abennet1) wrote on 2009-11-07:

After filing the defect, I attempted to replicate it: as soon as I tried to enable the 'reflection' effect, things locked up again. The actual behavior, though: I could move the mouse (I'm using the trackpad on my laptop, not an actual mouse) but couldn't click on anything or use any keys, e.g. ctrl-alt-f2 didn't do anything. Again, I had to reboot. When I returned, the reflection effect was _not_ enabled.

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Travis Watkins (amaranth) wrote on 2009-11-07:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 298532, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.