Unity does not redraw

Bug #816527 reported by James Cuzella
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Bug Description

Sometimes, I am affected by bug 808962 where unity always stays on top of my windows. This is very annoying. In an attempt to workaround this, I opened ccsm and disabled & re-enabled Unity (unchecked and then rechecked the compiz plugin).

After doing this, I end up with a purple bar on the side of my screen that does not redraw, and is still above all windows. I do not have to experience bug 808962 first for this to happen. It seems like it's an issue after disabling & re-enabling it.

Sometimes, the unity bar at the top does not redraw correctly either.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open ccsm
2. Disable Unity
3. Re-enable Unity

I am running natty on a Thinkpad T410 with the nvidia-proprietary drivers installed through synaptic.
$ lsb_release -a
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
Codename: natty

$ lspci | grep -i nvidia
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT218 [NVS 3100M] (rev a2)
01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
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.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 275.19 Tue Jul 12 18:13:58 PDT 2011
 GCC version: gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4)
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,resize,imgpng,resizeinfo,grid,titleinfo,compiztoolbox,mousepoll,wall,move,switcher,dbus,regex,place,vpswitch,ring,snap,commands,animation,winrules,session,workarounds,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-04-29 09:46:33.627246
DistroCodename: natty
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia-current, 275.19, 2.6.38-10-generic, x86_64: installed
 vboxhost, 4.0.12, 2.6.38-10-generic, x86_64: installed
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 nVidia Corporation GT218 [NVS 3100M] [10de:0a6c] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:21d4]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
InstallationMedia__: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
JockeyStatus: xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, Not in use)
MachineType: LENOVO 2518AJU
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: unity 3.8.16-0ubuntu1~natty1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LC_COLLATE=en_US.utf8
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic root=UUID=5c44ca76-926c-44dc-b742-95268046f8ec ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7
ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7
ProcVersionSignature__: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7
Renderer: Unknown
Tags: natty running-unity natty running-unity natty running-unity possible-manual-nvidia-install ubuntu regression-update needs-reassignment compiz-0.9
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-29 (87 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout fuse lpadmin plugdev sambashare vboxusers
dmi.bios.date: 10/25/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 6IET74WW (1.34 )
dmi.board.name: 2518AJU
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:bvr6IET74WW(1.34):bd10/25/2010:svnLENOVO:pn2518AJU:pvrThinkPadT410:rvnLENOVO:rn2518AJU:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 2518AJU
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T410
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110606-0ubuntu1~natty2
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu13
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.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A

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tags: added: apport-collected compiz-0.9 natty needs-reassignment possible-manual-nvidia-install regression-update running-unity ubuntu
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Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity:
status: New → Confirmed
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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

You should avoid, enabling/disabling unity from CCSM

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jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Hi, this behavior is not the recommended way to restart unity - It is recommended that you press <alt>F2 and type in 'compiz --replace'

Can you reproduce this behavior in a newer version of Ubuntu?

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status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for unity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

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status: Incomplete → Expired
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for Unity because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in unity:
status: Incomplete → Expired
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