The whole window manager sometimes freezes when switching workspaces or when opening the workspace switcher
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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GNOME Shell |
New
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Undecided
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Unity |
Incomplete
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Medium
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unity (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
After starting to use Oneiric, I have noticed that the window manager system "freezes" from time to time when switching workspaces or when opening the workspace switcher. The window almost switches to the other workspace, before the whole screen freezes. I can't exactly replicate the exact time when this happens. It has also happened when opening the workspace switcher, and (I think) when using the "circle application switcher" from the Compiz plugin. I can still move the mouse and hear sound from the speakers, but I can't interact with anything on screen. I can still access the "tty terminals" with ctrl+alt+F2 (for example), and kill the X process (/usr/run/X :0 ... a relatively long string with "auth", "something/
It looks like the animation or drawing of the windows stops too early, and the desktop is then noninteractive. It might happen more frequently when the system has a high CPU load. I did not notice these problems when using Natty and Gnome2.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.22.0-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Mon Oct 24 11:10:21 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-10-14 17:17:03.050443
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
blcr, 0.8.2: added
virtualbox, 4.1.2, 2.6.38-11-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox, 4.1.2, 3.0.0-12-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2772] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01ad]
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01ad]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
MachineType: Dell Inc. OptiPlex GX620
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES=
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-17 (7 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 11/30/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A11
dmi.board.name: 0F8101
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 15
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.
dmi.product.name: OptiPlex GX620
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu26
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
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Changed in unity: | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Do you have the same problems with the latest updates? AFAIK a similar issue was fixed in the latest update.