[fglrx] Unity panels fail to show and cause black squares to appear

[shachafgo]

starting ubuntu session with lightdm. when unity is started i can not see the panels (but can use them) and all these blask squares appear on screen on places that there is a graphical change - like mouse moving or a text box while typing

when disabling the unity plugin in compiz the black dissappears and return when enabling

let me know what other info is needed

p.s.
added some pics to show

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.4.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-7.9-generic 3.0.0
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-7-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
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]
Date: Sat Jul 30 22:49:37 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-07-20 15:18:15.107979
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-20 (10 days ago)
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.5.0-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu13
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26+git20110725.ce317a6d-0ubuntu0sarvatt~oneiric
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.12.0~git20110729.5c9e0ad5-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.12.0~git20110729.5c9e0ad5-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu6
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99+git20110725.8c9266ed-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.0+git20110728.1b9e82b4-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110725.de9d1ba7-0ubuntu0sarvatt

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

thanks for your report. possibly dup bug 819144.
Could you please attach the output of the command:
$ sudo lspci -vvnn

Thanks in advance.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for the output.

ATI Technologies Inc Manhattan [Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series] [1002:68e0]

Different card but same driver. Setting to confirmed.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

This is happening because you are using some dock at the bottom please disable that dock and the issue won't happen.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

let us know if disabling the dock and restarting Unity after that solves the problem

[shachafgo (shachaf-gold)]

that is not the reason, the dock is cairo-dock and i only installed and used
it as a temporary replacement, the problem started before i installed it and
still persists without it

On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 16:54, Omer Akram <email address hidden> wrote:

> let us know if disabling the dock and restarting Unity after that solves
> the problem
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/818630
>
> Title:
> [fglrx] Unity panels fail to show and cause black squares to appear
>
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
> Status in “unity” source package in Oneiric:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> starting ubuntu session with lightdm. when unity is started i can not
> see the panels (but can use them) and all these blask squares appear
> on screen on places that there is a graphical change - like mouse
> moving or a text box while typing
>
> when disabling the unity plugin in compiz the black dissappears and
> return when enabling
>
>
> let me know what other info is needed
>
> p.s.
> added some pics to show
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
> Package: unity 4.4.0-0ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-7.9-generic 3.0.0
> Uname: Linux 3.0.0-7-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
> Architecture: amd64
> 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]
> Date: Sat Jul 30 22:49:37 2011
> DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-07-20 15:18:15.107979
> DistroCodename: oneiric
> DistroVariant: ubuntu
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64
> (20101007)
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: unity
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-20 (10 days ago)
> version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.5.0-0ubuntu1
> version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu13
> version.libdrm2: libdrm2
> 2.4.26+git20110725.ce317a6d-0ubuntu0sarvatt~oneiric
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri
> 7.12.0~git20110729.5c9e0ad5-0ubuntu0sarvatt
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
> version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx
> 7.12.0~git20110729.5c9e0ad5-0ubuntu0sarvatt
> version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu6
> version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev
> 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
> version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati
> 1:6.14.99+git20110725.8c9266ed-0ubuntu0sarvatt
> version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.15.0+git20110728.1b9e82b4-0ubuntu0sarvatt
> version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:0.0.16+git20110725.de9d1ba7-0ubuntu0sarvatt
>
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[Yannick Le Guen (leguen-yannick)]

This bug affects me too, I have an ATI Mobility Radeon HD4650 graphic card.
I don't have any other dock than the Unity one.

The symptoms are exactly the same : when I log in Unity 3D with LightDM, I have a black screen with small rectangles of the regular wallpaper. I can click on the session menu ang logout, but I can't access any other indicator.

Unity 2D session is working perfectly.