desktop background is completely black and objects don't dissapear from it

[lance jernigan]

Binary package hint: unity

The desktop never has an image it is just plain black or previously opened applications picture is stuck on the desktop. Also when scrolling through the sidebar the labels don't disappear after you move your mouse they just stay there. I can't show a picture because every time I hit PrtScrn they disappear.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.8.6-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1440x900 1280x854 1280x800 1280x720 1152x768 1024x768 800x600 848x480 720x480 640x480
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1360x768 1280x768 1024x768 800x600 640x480 640x480
 edid-base64: AP///////wAZyQAAAAAAAAASAQMIAAB4CtMNn1RGlCcRRkchCAAxQEVAYUABAQEBAQEBAQEBZiFQsFEAGzBAcDYAAAAAAAAeDh8AgFEAHjBAgDcAAAAAAAAcAAAA/QA5Px4xCAAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABGVU5BSSBUVgogICAgAGk=
Date: Sun Apr 17 18:49:59 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-04-13 21:59:18.903166
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10] [1002:4e50] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device [107b:0601]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
InstallationMedia__: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
Lsusb:
 Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 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
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Gateway Gateway M675
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=19ad01e6-eeaf-4319-949c-040997c4d915 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
ProcVersionSignature__: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-14 (3 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 02/20/2004
dmi.bios.vendor: Gateway
dmi.bios.version: 39.02.01
dmi.board.name: Gateway M675
dmi.board.vendor: Gateway
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: none
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gateway
dmi.chassis.version: QTN62A01
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnGateway:bvr39.02.01:bd02/20/2004:svnGateway:pnGatewayM675:pvr3501843:rvnGateway:rnGatewayM675:rvrRev1.0:cvnGateway:ct8:cvrQTN62A01:
dmi.product.name: Gateway M675
dmi.product.version: 3501843
dmi.sys.vendor: Gateway
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110411-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7

[Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)]

Weird. Could you try running unity --reset from a terminal and see if it fixes the issue?

[Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)]

Jay,

Is this another ATI driver bug? The reporter has RV350 card.

[Sindre Haverstad (sindre)]

Thinks the same bug affects me too, but only when I connect an external monitor to my laptop and run them with a big desktop.

Some additional info:
 * Icons on the desktop do also disappear.
 * "unity --reset" keeps repeating "Compiz (opengl) - Info: Couldn't bind redirect window 0x1400024 to texture" after unity is reloaded.

Hardware:
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS482 [Radeon Xpress 200M]

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hey l-jernigan09,

You filed this bug report against natty, but I see it's still open and
doesn't appear to have much activity recently. So, now that oneiric
is released and stable, this may be a good point for you to upgrade
and re-test if this issue is still present there.

If it's solved in the new release and you think it's worth backporting
the fix, please indicate that. Or if having the fix in the new release
is good enough, feel free to close out the bug (or let us know and we'll
close it.)

If it's not solved, leave the bug report open. I can't promise we'll
get to it (we get way more bugs filed than we can usually get to), but
your testing and feedback can help out if and when we do.

[bugbot (bugbot)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

closing the bug since it got no reply to the previous comment and didn't seem like an unity bug anyway