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compiz package

Using both compiz and native resolution makes desktop and icons disappear

Bug #477906 reported by Aaron Whitehouse on 2009-11-07

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #444139: [RV100/RV200] (Needs KMS) Background and full screen apps don't show up when Normal Visual Effects on. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

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

Bug Description

Binary package hint: compiz

I am using Karmic.

The native resolution of the laptop is 1280x1024. On installation, the resolution was set to 1080x960 and Compiz was enabled ("Normal" desktop effects; working fine). If I change the resolution to the native, the desktop goes black (no picture) and none of the desktop icons are displayed. Changing it back to 1080x960 makes these come back. Also, if I turn off desktop effects, the desktop and icons come back.

In other words, I only lose the desktop and icons if the resolution is 1280x1024 *AND* desktop effects are on normal.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
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]
Date: Sun Nov 8 11:53:02 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
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: Dell Computer Corporation Inspiron 600m
Package: compiz 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: all
PccardctlIdent:
Socket 0:
   no product info available
Socket 1:
   product info: "O2Micro", "SmartCardBus Reader", "V1.0", ""
   manfid: 0xffff, 0x0001
PccardctlStatus:
Socket 0:
   no card
Socket 1:
   5.0V 16-bit PC Card
   Subdevice 0 (function 0) [unbound]
PciDisplay: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] [1002:4c66] (rev 02)
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=467558db-e8a6-41c1-812b-6a2ebfba91b1 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_NZ.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 i686
dmi.bios.date: 06/30/2004
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.bios.version: A13
dmi.board.name: 0Y4803
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA13:bd06/30/2004:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnInspiron600m:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorporation:rn0Y4803:rvr:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 600m
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = i686, kernel = 2.6.31-14-generic

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Aaron Whitehouse (aaron-whitehouse) wrote on 2009-11-07:

1280x1024 and normal desktop effects -- no desktop etc. Edit (82.6 KiB, image/png)
BootDmesg.txt Edit (39.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (4.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (45.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (9.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (457 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (2.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (85.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (80.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.gz Edit (10.2 KiB, application/x-gzip)
XorgLogOld.gz Edit (10.6 KiB, application/x-gzip)
Xrandr.txt Edit (4.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XsessionErrors.txt Edit (13.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
glxinfo.txt Edit (5.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
monitors.xml.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Aaron Whitehouse (aaron-whitehouse) wrote on 2009-11-07:

Normal desktop effects and 1080x960 works Edit (438.5 KiB, image/png)

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Aaron Whitehouse (aaron-whitehouse) wrote on 2009-11-07:

No desktop effects and 1280x1024 works Edit (445.0 KiB, image/png)

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Travis Watkins (amaranth) wrote on 2009-11-08:

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 444139, 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.