Screen 'refreshes' all windows (seems like crash & restart)

[Kane York]

Please note that for the next paragraph, I will use "desktop" to refer to all open windows.

At rare, seemingly random points when I am using the system, the desktop will look like it is "freaking out". Next it will bring 'random' windows to the front, then the screen goes blank, then I see my background, then all windows are back in another order.

A quick google search returned no obvious copies of this problem, although I did check my .xsession-errors and found the following interesting lines:

gnome-session[1532]: WARNING: Application 'compiz.desktop' killed by signal
gnome-session[1532]: WARNING: App 'compiz.desktop' respawning too quickly
gnome-session[1532]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry....

Followed by a bunch of "initializing" messages. I'm pretty sure that's where the crash happened.

Please disregard any and all assumptions I have made if necessary.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic-pae 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,vpswitch,compiztoolbox,move,imgpng,place,gnomecompat,resize,regex,mousepoll,snap,grid,unitymtgrabhandles,session,animation,wall,workarounds,expo,fade,scale,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Sun Nov 27 20:38:28 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-10-17 19:41:39.931475
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 fglrx, 8.881, 3.0.0-12-generic-pae, i686: installed
 fglrx, 8.881, 3.0.0-13-generic, i686: installed
 fglrx, 8.881, 3.0.0-13-generic-pae, i686: installed
 virtualbox, 4.1.2, 3.0.0-12-generic-pae, i686: installed
 virtualbox, 4.1.2, 3.0.0-13-generic-pae, i686: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 ATI Technologies Inc Cedar PRO [Radeon HD 5450] [1002:68f9] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: XFX Pine Group Inc. Device [1682:3033]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
JockeyStatus:
 xorg:fglrx_updates - ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
 xorg:fglrx - ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic-pae root=UUID=1c6be346-3ea2-4144-946b-11b11d28bdb2 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
Title: Xorg crash
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-18 (41 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 01/11/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0502
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: M4A78L-M
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0502:bd01/11/2010:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM4A78L-M:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu6
version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
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~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Kane York, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p xorg-server REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER

Please note, given that the information from the prior release is already available, doing this on a release prior to the development one would not be helpful.

Thank you for your understanding.

Helpful bug reporting tips:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs

[Kane York (kanepyork)]

I haven't had this happen for quite some time, so marking this as Invalid.