[regression] wobbly's maximize_effect keeps wobbling semi-maximized windows of focus change

[David Adam]

Whenever a maximised window is focused (including clicked, alt-tabbed to, or rotated to under Desktop Cube), the maximise animation replays, which creates an irritating "bounce".

1) Run CCSM, disable ubuntu unity plugin and enable wobbly windows. You might need to enable other plugins to make system usable.
2) Restart compiz with 'compiz --replace ccsm'

After this once you switch to maximised window it wobbles.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 270.41.06 Mon Apr 18 14:53:56 PDT 2011
 GCC version: gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4)
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,gnomecompat,titleinfo,move,wobbly,mousepoll,staticswitcher,resize,fade,resizeinfo,thumbnail,cube,rotate]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Sat Jun 18 17:39:26 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-05-27 18:37:23.923362
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
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Renderer: Unknown
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[Alex Launi (alexlauni)]

I have the feeling this is being caused by window snapping. Could you please enable window snapping and see if this happens?

[Alex Launi (alexlauni)]

No I'm sorry, I misread your report (and my suggestion makes no sense anyway).

[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.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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[kolya (mar-kolya)]

I can confirm that that is indeed happening in 12.04. This didn't used to be the case in 10.04 I was using before. And this bug makes the whole thing look rather ugly.

Please let me know if I can provide any more information on this.

[jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount)]

Kolya, it would be helpful if you could start from the ground-up to see what is conflicting. I cannot reproduce on two machines.

You can help by resetting compiz's settings to default by pressing <alt>F2 and typing 'unity --reset' (without quotes) and press enter. Afterwards, enable wobbly windows and see if the issue persists. If it does not and you had other custom configurations, please enable them one by one and check to see if the problem ever occurs. if/once it does, please let us know what plugin causes the issue.

[kolya (mar-kolya)]

I'll try to reproduce the problem on livecd (had to revert to older ubuntu version because of this and other bugs).

In the meantime, it looks like comment #98 in 862430 refers to similar (same?) problem.

[kolya (mar-kolya)]

Hi. Sorry for the delay.

Here is how I'm able to reproduce this problem:

1) Boot up Ubuntu 12.04 live cd
2) Install CCSM (you'll probably need to update apt sources)
3) Run CCSM disable ubuntu unity plugin and enable wobbly windows. You might need to enable other plugins to make system usable.
4) Restart compiz with 'compiz --replace ccsm'

After this once you switch to maximised window it wobbles.

My wild guess would be that unity plugin handles header of maximized windows in some custom way and this problem is not visible when it is enabled. I do understand that this means that unity users are not affected, but users of other desktop environments are e.g. xfce and, dare I say, mate.

I would really appreciate if you could look into this.
Thank you in advance and please let me know if I can be of any more help.

[MC Return (mc-return)]

I cannot reproduce this with Compiz 0.9.10-dev on Raring.

@all affected:

Is this still reproducable ?

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Confirmed the bug is still present on saucy anyway.

You need to have a semi-maximized window, and the wobbly "maximize_effect" option enabled. Then simply focusing and unfocusing the window makes it shiver, which it should not.

[circuit_breaker (cb-9)]

Confirmed the bug is still present on trusty (14.04).

Disable maximize_effect for workaround.

[Eleni Maria Stea (hikiko)]

Since this bug is affecting a plugin that is not compatible with the Unity desktop and the bug report is quite old we decided to close it. Thank you for taking the time to report it and sorry for the inconvenience. (For more information see here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BigDesktopBugScrub#Compiz)