Up and down lines of Gnome disapair on second boot

[Jacques Luder]

Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs

1° fresh install from CD ubuntu 10.4 i386 desktop on a COMPAQ Deskpro EN
- Only one user automatic. First boot OK but on second boot up and down lines of Gnome screen are not on screen.
- If i change Gnome theme, bottom line is ok but not top line.

2° fresh install + all today update.
- I install a second user who connect automatically at boot. First boot it work OK.
- I log on text mode first user (<ctrl><alt><F1> and i remove life ~/.gconfd/saved_state and i return on second user graphic.
- From gnome second user, i change to first user and First user is now also OK.
- but if y reboot ... none is correct.

I have screen shot of all screen ( take places ! How can i join it ? ).

Reproduce 2 times with exactly same. Note that fresh install + all update is very long !
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Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,ccp,dbus,place,mousepoll,gnomecompat,move,resize,decoration,png,svg,imgjpeg,text,commands,neg,wall,snap,animation,scale,scaleaddon,expo,staticswitcher,regex,resizeinfo,workarounds,ezoom,vpswitch,fade,session]
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13fe:1e00 Kingston Technology Company Inc.
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: Compaq Deskpro
Package: compiz 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu15
PackageArchitecture: all
PciDisplay: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82815 Chipset Graphics Controller (CGC) [8086:1132] (rev 02)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic root=UUID=2a59e5eb-5a82-4f18-a352-9c0b399c60c6 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_FR.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.45-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.7.1-1ubuntu3
 libdrm2 2.4.18-1ubuntu3
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.1-3ubuntu5
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.0-1ubuntu5
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 04/05/2001
dmi.bios.vendor: Compaq
dmi.bios.version: 686P2 v2.11
dmi.board.name: 0688h
dmi.board.vendor: Compaq
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 8121FHGZ03RZ
dmi.chassis.type: 15
dmi.chassis.vendor: Compaq
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnCompaq:bvr686P2v2.11:bd04/05/2001:svnCompaq:pnDeskpro:pvr:rvnCompaq:rn0688h:rvr:cvnCompaq:ct15:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Deskpro
dmi.sys.vendor: Compaq
system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = i686, kernel = 2.6.32-25-generic

[Jacques Luder (j-luder)]

file:///media/4914-737E/Capture.png
First boot
file:///media/4914-737E/Capture-2.png
Second boot

[Jacques Luder (j-luder)]

Video chip is a intel 815 with just some little 3D so compiz made some tests before falling in metacity. The compiz tests result in some video garbage and when metacity start video is in some unstable state. I see one time a Xserver crash with SIGSEV ! The only way i found to solve is to uninstall compiz pakage, and now my old machine seem to work.

I suggest to have some where a choice: Did you want to try compiz or start immediately with metacity ?
This choice is set at install, automatically reset if compiz fall back into metacity and of course can be manually change, suppose we add a new good video card !

[Connor Imes (ckimes)]

Thank you for your report. Can you please upload your screenshots as attachments to the bug report, we cannot see them because they are simply links to files that are specific to your system.

[Jacques Luder (j-luder)]

Oh sorry for link !
A chance i have my USB key...
Capture.png : First boot after installation. OK
Capture-2.png : One boot after, no top and bottom line.
Capture-3.png : If i change theme, bottom line appear, but disappear
next boot.
Capture-6.png : If i change for a large theme a part of top line appear.

Note i see some screen garbage during Gnome start-up, and i notice Gnome
try to use Compiz before falling back into Metacity. This machine is no
more in my home so it is difficult for me to made some more test. I only
unload Compiz package, and now work fine in a association.

My idea:
File .xsession-errors come from a a very poor old machine working fine.
Compiz immediately fall back into Metacity.
My good DELL precision 390 machine work fine using Compiz. And may be
some machines will try Compiz but will fall back into Metacity after
some tests. i.e not immediately ! Sorry i don't have any more
a .xsession-errors of this machine.

We waste time, and Compiz test need not to put video in some unstable
state !
And may be it's a too long work to made all word machines to work
fine...

So if Compiz need one time to fall back into Metacity, we keep this
somewhere in memory and next boot we start directly with Metacity. We
have just to reset this if someone change video component.

Jacques

Le samedi 23 octobre 2010 à 21:22 +0000, Connor Imes a écrit :
> Thank you for your report. Can you please upload your screenshots as
> attachments to the bug report, we cannot see them because they are
> simply links to files that are specific to your system.
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

[Connor Imes (ckimes)]

Ah, I see what you are talking about, these "lines" are called panels. Normally when people talk about lines on the screen, they are seeing visual artifacts due to poor video rendering.

You can change the user preferences to not use desktop effects (comipz). Go to System->Preferences->Appearance. Under the Visual Effects tab, select None, then Close. Re-add the panels through whatever means you have been doing so that you have the top and bottom panel. Now reboot the system - do the panels remain or are they gone again?

[Jacques Luder (j-luder)]

At first note :
1° no desktop effects is the default choice after a fresh install.
2° If compiz fall back into metacity you have no other choise.

So "as natural" this is the test i have done. And it's don't work
because even if you ask "No visual effect" compiz try to do some test at
gnome start up.

As long as if we try an other choice, we test if that is possible, a
solution could be only if we choice "no visual effect" compiz do really
nothing during start-up. As i remind in some old ubuntu versions the
other choice where in "gray" after a fall-back into metacity, that is
not the case now, you can choice and test is then made, and if not
possible we return in "no visual effect".

So test at start-up is no more necessary if we choice " no effect". Test
will be donne if we try an other choice.

So:
If we choice "no visual effect" compiz have not to do any things during
start-up. That is the bug we have to correct.

Le dimanche 24 octobre 2010 à 14:14 +0000, Connor Imes a écrit :
> Ah, I see what you are talking about, these "lines" are called panels.
> Normally when people talk about lines on the screen, they are seeing
> visual artifacts due to poor video rendering.
>
> You can change the user preferences to not use desktop effects (comipz).
> Go to System->Preferences->Appearance. Under the Visual Effects tab,
> select None, then Close. Re-add the panels through whatever means you
> have been doing so that you have the top and bottom panel. Now reboot
> the system - do the panels remain or are they gone again?
>

[Connor Imes (ckimes)]

Based on your feedback, I am assigning this bug to compiz. Can you please run the following command to automatically attach some information to this report that will help developers:
   apport-collect 603907
Thanks in advance.

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[jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount)]

Hi! Is this problem still affecting you? (provided you've run all your updates?)

[Jacques Luder (j-luder)]

All update done, i load again compiz ... and it seem to work fine.

Jacques
Le 04/02/2012 07:39, Chauncellor a écrit :
> Hi! Is this problem still affecting you? (provided you've run all your
> updates?)
>
> ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu)
> Status: Triaged => Incomplete
>