compiz flickers and freezes after update

[Biblioclasta]

Compiz freezes, if I kill X fron the console and login again then the desktop flickers.
The same happens in Gnome Clasic. So I guess is not a Unity issue.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: compiz 1:0.9.7.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.32-generic 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,crashhandler,gtkloader,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,copytex,commands,resize,grid,wallpaper,resizeinfo,gnomecompat,imgpng,imgsvg,regex,place,mousepoll,move,ring,dbus,wall,session,animation,wobbly,animationaddon,expo,workarounds,scale,ezoom,scaleaddon,unityshell,scalefilter]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Sat Mar 24 20:22:55 2012
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: vboxhost, 4.1.10, 3.2.0-20-generic, x86_64: installed
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
MachineType: Acer Aspire 5517
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-20-generic root=UUID=35173a5d-9fa9-4600-8e59-94735aa96375 ro splash quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: compiz
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-18 (35 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 11/17/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: V1.11
dmi.board.name: Aspire 5517
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: V1.11
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: V1.11
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.11:bd11/17/2010:svnAcer:pnAspire5517:pvrV1.11:rvnAcer:rnAspire5517:rvrV1.11:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV1.11:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 5517
dmi.product.version: V1.11
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.2-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu35
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1
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

[Biblioclasta (biblioclasta)]

Sorry, unity --reset fixed.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 963093, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.