White flashes in menus

[Horde Olli]

When clicking a menu, such as "File" "View" et cetera, upon closing there is a white flash the size of the menu (like a redraw issue). This happens for all menus all the time. I've heard there is supposed to be fade. I've spoken to others with a wide range of graphics card and drivers who are experiencing the same thing. So, apparently we are getting a block of white instead of a fade.

This is similar to https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/687567 except it is for all menus all the time, no speed required.

My machine is an x120e with the e350 cpu/apu combo (Amd Fusion).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 2092554a108b35dddf4bb509fe704c70
CheckboxSystem: bb422ca46d02494cdbc459927a98bc2f
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
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:27:14 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: fglrx, 8.840, 2.6.38-8-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
 ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:9802] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:21df]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
JockeyStatus: xorg:fglrx - ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
MachineType: LENOVO 0596CTO
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=1fa2833d-9b7b-4a92-a98f-da7a47bd91a7 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 03/24/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 8FET27WW (1.11 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 0596CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8FET27WW(1.11):bd03/24/2011:svnLENOVO:pn0596CTO:pvrThinkPadX120e:rvnLENOVO:rn0596CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 0596CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X120e
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2
version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu12
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
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

[madbiologist (me-again)]

Does this still happen with Catalyst (FGLRX) 11.5?

Also, the open-source Fusion graphics support has been fixed in the upstream 2.6.39 kernel if you want to try that instead of FGLRX - see http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_fusion_fixed&num=1

A PPA of this kernel is available at http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ (dated 19-May-2011).

[Wong Yong Jie (yjwong)]

I tested Catalyst (FGLRX) 11.5 from AMD's website. The problem still exists.

[jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. Compiz, in particular, is in heavy development and this bug may have been fixed in the development version of Ubuntu (12.04) if not on your current version. If you are able, it would be of great help if you could confirm if the bug still exists by testing a livecd (available at ubuntu.com). When you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running apport-collect <bug #> and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue. If you are unable to test the development version, please let us know if you are able to reproduce this issue on Ubuntu 11.10.

Thank you for your help and patience.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

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 687567, 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. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.