menu shadows not clearing when menus close

[Jonathan Rothwell]

When a menu is closed, its shadow remains on the screen. It appears on all workspaces and can't be got rid of. This leads to ugly "ghosting" of menus.

This occurs on both indicator menus (including the global menu) and other menus (e.g. context menus in Firefox.)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: compiz 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-16.25-generic 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-16-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,compiztoolbox,mousepoll,vpswitch,move,resize,grid,wall,regex,place,snap,gnomecompat,imgpng,animation,session,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,fade,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Thu Feb 16 17:34:50 2012
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2012-02-14 06:25:10.473083
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS780M/RS780MN [Mobility Radeon HD 3200 Graphics] [1002:9612] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:21b2]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
MachineType: LENOVO 3508CTO
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-16-generic root=UUID=2d70a9e7-dcf8-4a9c-bdc0-ecb36bd341e4 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: compiz
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-16 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 06/13/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 6XET49WW (1.32 )
dmi.board.name: 3508CTO
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:bvr6XET49WW(1.32):bd06/13/2011:svnLENOVO:pn3508CTO:pvrThinkPadX100e:rvnLENOVO:rn3508CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 3508CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X100e
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu2
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.30-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0~rc2-0ubuntu5
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0~rc2-0ubuntu5
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.99.901+git20120126-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

[Jonathan Rothwell (jrothwell97)]

Just to clarify, this also appears to be occurring with tooltips in Firefox, although with these only the latest one continues to cast its ghosted shadow.

The shadows appear above all other windows on all desktops.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Sam_ (and-sam)]

Happens on drop down menus within any applications, right click on desktop, press esc, leaves artefact.
Open nautilus, click on appmenu to view any drop down option, closing it leaves artefact.
Open gedit, close via window button, leaves artefact, although not reproducable while running recordmydesktop.

[Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)]

A portion of my screen after about 1h using the machine after the update ;)

[Sam_ (and-sam)]

Actually it's a hidden user survey - most clicks are on upper space on desktop.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

are you experiencing ghost menus with compiz 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu3 ?
The patch that caused this in -ubuntu2 has been reverted.

[Anmar Oueja (anmar)]

I am running :

 compiz 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu2
 compiz-core 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu2
 compiz-gnome 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu2
 compiz-plugins-default 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu2
 compiz-plugins-main-default 1:0.9.7.0~bzr19-0ubuntu2
 compizconfig-backend-gconf 0.9.5.92-0ubuntu2
 libcompizconfig0 0.9.7.0~bzr428-0ubuntu2

and the ghosting is gone. Not sure what happened.

[Bowmore (bowmore)]

Yes, compiz 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu3 seems to have fixed it. No more ghost menus ;)

[Anmar Oueja (anmar)]

On 16 February 2012 16:14, <email address hidden>
<email address hidden> wrote:
> I am running :
>
>  compiz                                 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu2
>  compiz-core                            1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu2
>  compiz-gnome                           1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu2
>  compiz-plugins-default                 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu2
>  compiz-plugins-main-default            1:0.9.7.0~bzr19-0ubuntu2
>  compizconfig-backend-gconf             0.9.5.92-0ubuntu2
>  libcompizconfig0                       0.9.7.0~bzr428-0ubuntu2
>
> and the ghosting is gone. Not sure what happened.

Sorry for the confusion. The ghosting (persistent shadow is still there).

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[Omer Akram (om26er)]

@Anmar, the package 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu3 has still not reached your download mirror it seems, wait a bit and it should ;-)

[Sam_ (and-sam)]

Fix released. Thank you!
compiz:
  Installed: 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu3 0

[Jonathan Rothwell (jrothwell97)]

I can confirm this has been fixed in the latest compiz, so marking this as "Fix released." Yaaay :)

[Ian W Scott (iscott)]

I'm trying to update to compiz 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu3 but the package (along with epiphany-extensions) is being held back. I double-checked and I have all of the dependencies, but it's telling me that I would need to uninstall ubuntu-desktop to upgrade it!

[Anmar Oueja (anmar)]

compiz 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu3 works for me. The issue is fixed now :)