Rhythmbox doesn't show its window anymore when desktop effects are enabled

[Mathijs Vogelzang]

Binary package hint: desktop-effects

Congratulations on getting desktop-effects in feisty.
When I enable them, everything works fine (this is on "Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller"), except that somehow rhythmbox doesn't show its window anymore. It plays songs fine, but I just don't get it to show its window (maximizing, to other workspace, etc. all don't work). It works the way it should the instant I disable the effects again.

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort (pochu)]

It would be fine if you can open compiz and rhythmbox from the terminal, and post here the output.

Thanks
Emilio

[Mathijs Vogelzang (mathijs)]

After restarting, I couldn't replicate with rhythmbox, but this time firefox
couldn't un-maximize after having it minimized. It seems to have something
to do with the switch to compiz *while* running windows applications.
Maybe it's an idea to give a message that it's advisable to restart the X
server after switching desktop effects to solve these weird windows?

On 2/27/07, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> It would be fine if you can open compiz and rhythmbox from the terminal,
> and post here the output.
>
> Thanks
> Emilio
>
> ** Changed in: desktop-effects (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: desktop-effects => compiz
> Importance: Undecided => Low
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Emilio Pozuelo Monfort
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>
> --
> Rhythmbox doesn't show its window anymore when desktop effects are enabled
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/88490
>

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort (pochu)]

Increasing importance, as this affects more apps than rhythmbox (probably all).

But could you run compiz (or desktop-effects) from the terminal, and attach then the output?

Regards
Emilio

[Mathijs Vogelzang (mathijs)]

The output follows below.
It really seems to be a problem of windows that are open before compiz is
started. Unfortunately, when I'm loading my session, the
keyring-password-dialog pops up just before compiz is launched, and
therefore the window isn't updated anymore (i.e., I can't see the asterisks
appear as I type the password).
Also, the firefox window is moved to the top of the screen (over the
gnome-panel) when I start compiz.

> compiz
/usr/bin/compiz.real: Screen 0 on display ":0.0" already has a window
manager; try using the --replace option to replace the current window
manager.
/usr/bin/compiz.real: No manageable screens found on display :0.0
> compiz --replace
libGL warning: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x5b
/usr/bin/compiz.real: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is not supported by direct
rendering context, trying indirect rendering context instead
/usr/bin/compiz.real: No stencil buffer. Clipping of transformed windows is
not going to be correct when screen is transformed.
inotify_add_watch: No such file or directory

On 2/28/07, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Increasing importance, as this affects more apps than rhythmbox
> (probably all).
>
> But could you run compiz (or desktop-effects) from the terminal, and
> attach then the output?
>
> Regards
> Emilio
>
> ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Low => Medium
>
> --
> Rhythmbox doesn't show its window anymore when desktop effects are enabled
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/88490
>

[Michael B. Trausch (mtrausch)]

I just enabled Desktop Effects on my Feisty system to try it out, since I am something of a fan of this type of thing. (After all, eye candy like this is great to show Microsoft users… ;-))

Anyway, I am having a whole host of problems, and most of them seem to be related to this very bug report. I am not sure if I should create a new bug report, or just comment here, so I will just comment here first and if necessary create a new bug later.

Essentially, under certain circumstances (sometimes seemingly random) the body of a window refuses to show up. I am unable to run GNOME Terminal, xterm, or uxterm, for example, because the contents of the windows do not show up when they're run with Desktop Effects enabled. Some pop-up windows (like when attempting to file a bug in Launchpad and you choose "Search" for the package) in Epiphany have the same problem. I have been able to replicate this behavior across reboots, and it was only after I updated today and enabled Desktop Effects.

This is the only problem I have found so far. It does not seem to be an application-specific thing, either. So far, as I mentioned, it affects:

* GNOME-Terminal
* xterm
* uxterm
* Some pop-ups in Epiphany

I am sorry that I do not have more information to provide at this time. I am working on it.

[Michael B. Trausch (mtrausch)]

I should have mentioned: I also have the Intel graphics chipset, in a Toshiba A55-S1064:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)

Also, interestingly enough, when I resized the terminal window that I just opened, it seemed to have fixed the problem of not properly displaying.

If I run xterm, I can resize it to display, then when I run a command in the terminal, I have to resize the terminal again to get the output to display (it doesn't seem to update without being resized). Same with uxterm. This also seemed to work on the popup window under Epiphany.

I happened to find that by accident when I went to a terminal and (out of habit) resized it to run lspci.

[Travis Watkins (amaranth)]

Starting compiz with a minimized window gets the window stuck minimized. Sometimes it still shows and sometimes it's invisible but either way you can't interact with the window.

[Thierry Mallard (contact-ubuntu-mallard)]

Same problems as reported by Michael Trausch : the 3D effects are working, but the window management doesn't work correctly anymore.

Hardware : Dell Inspiron 8500, nVidia Corporation NV28 [GeForce4 Ti 4200 Go AGP 8x] (rev a1)

[Bigm8 (mfulk2)]

Same problem here, running on nvidia TI 4200 9631 binary driver. Originally I had no problems, but through endless tweaking I managed to activate this feature.
For me disabling Mipmap option in the Desktop plugin for compiz helped.

Open gconf-editor
select Apps --> Compiz ---> Plugins ---> Decoration ---> All Screens ---> Options
deselect MipMap.

Like I said seems to help me. Hope this helps others.