Unity

Windows flash when restored from Show Desktop

Bug #980337 reported by Doug McMahon on 2012-04-12

This bug affects 5 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Unity	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned
	unity (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Test Case
Open a nautilus window
Minimize with Ctrl+Super+D
Restore the window, how doesn't matter
Then window open empty & then fills in, happens fairly quickly & can appear as a flash effect

A window minimized normally from window button does not show this

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.10.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,regex,resize,gnomecompat,snap,vpswitch,animation,imgpng,dbus,commands,place,grid,move,workarounds,mousepoll,unitymtgrabhandles,expo,session,wall,ezoom,fade,scale,unityshell]
CrashDB: unity
Date: Thu Apr 12 17:42:18 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120409)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Doug McMahon (mc3man) wrote on 2012-04-12:

Dependencies.txt Edit (7.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (36.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

summary:

When restoring a window(s) minimized by 'Show Desktop' it/they open
- empty & then fills in
+ empty & then fill in

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Danillo (danillo) wrote on 2012-05-10: Re: When restoring a window(s) minimized by 'Show Desktop' it/they open empty & then fill in

I got the same bug here with Unity 5.12.0 and Compiz 0.9.7.8 in 12.04 64-bit and an Intel GM965 GPU.

Changed in unity:
status:	New → Confirmed

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) on 2012-05-14

summary:	- When restoring a window(s) minimized by 'Show Desktop' it/they open - empty & then fill in + Windows flash when restored from Show Desktop
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Alex Baggott (alex-baggott) wrote on 2015-10-11:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug. We have tried to recreate this on the latest release of Ubuntu, but cannot reproduce it. This bug is being marked as Invalid. If you believe the problem to still exist in the latest version of Ubuntu, please comment on why that is the case and change the bug status to NEW.