Binary package hint: compiz
As the summary states, I updated to Ubuntu 10.04 and at the first restart (and all subsequent ones, until I fixed it), the display was messed up.
Meaning (in the order I noticed them):
- Some panel icons (Gnome Main Menu, Firefox) were replaced by the Terminal icon.
- There was only one desktop in the panel display.
- I couldn't switch desktops in any way.
- All windows I opened (desktop options, terminal, Firefox) were stuck at the top left corner, (in the case of Firefox noticeable) cropped to about a quarter of the screen, and had no decoration (window border, title bar (the one saying e.g. "Mozilla Firefox").
- I also couldn't enter anything in the terminal. Logging out via GUI worked, though.
Changing the System > Preferences > Appearance worked, but didn't help in any way.
I finally managed to fix this by switching to metacity and then straight back again (without reboot or anything) – suddenly all was fine.
Therefore the bug is probably hard to reproduce, but it can't hurt to report it.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: compiz 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu15
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,move,resize,place,decoration,animation,ccp,water,gnomecompat,session,colorfilter,regex,dbus,vpswitch,imgjpeg,video,mousepoll,svg,workarounds,commands,text,resizeinfo,firepaint,ring,png,snap,fade,cube,scale,expo,rotate,scalefilter,scaleaddon,ezoom,switcher]
Date: Fri May 7 00:42:07 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
MachineType: Acer Extensa 5630
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 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07)
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=a8a35483-96e6-459c-a001-e1cfcde09f3b ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=de_AT.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions:
xserver-xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
libgl1-mesa-glx 7.7.1-1ubuntu2
libdrm2 2.4.18-1ubuntu3
xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.1-3ubuntu5
xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.0-1ubuntu5
SourcePackage: compiz
dmi.bios.date: 12/05/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: V1.25
dmi.board.name: Homa
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Rev
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrV1.25:bd12/05/2008:svnAcer:pnExtensa5630:pvr0100:rvnAcer:rnHoma:rvrRev:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Extensa 5630
dmi.product.version: 0100
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = i686, kernel = 2.6.32-22-generic
The bug still occurs when I boot, and can be fixed in the described way – however, I can't fix it permanently, as it seems.
Also of interest is that another user on this machine, who also runs compiz, doesn't experience this problems.