Tool tips flicker when pointer approaches launcher icons

[Rüdiger Kupper]

Precise beta 2, current updates installed.

When I point the mouse to one of the prpgram icons in the launcher, Unity shows a tool tip displaying the name of the program. These tool tips flicker irregularly, when the pointer is near the right edge of the icon. Precisely, flickering occurs when the pointer is in between the coloured icon's right edge and the right edge of the launcher's background. Moreover, flickering disappears when (inside this horizontal region) the pointer is placed near the vertical edges of the icons.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.10.0-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic-pae 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic-pae i686
.tmp.unity.support.test.1:

ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDmesg: [ 84.557968] init: plymouth-stop pre-start process (1325) terminated with status 1
Date: Sun Apr 15 14:04:47 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2572] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Fujitsu-Siemens Scenic E300 i865GV [1734:101b]
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SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
XorgLogOld:

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[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report, does it happen all the time with any icon?

[Rüdiger Kupper (ruediger.kupper)]

When a tool tip is displayed, it happens every time (even with the "dash home" and "workspaces" icons).

Interestingly, after playing around for a while, some icons do not display a tool tip any longer. The longer I play around, the fewer icons display the tool tip. If I hover with the pointer, nothing happens at all.

Looks as if something is breaking.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

do you use unity2d or 3d? could you make do a small screencast of the issue using gtk-recordmydesktop or similar?

[Rüdiger Kupper (ruediger.kupper)]

I use unity2d.
I'll try to do a recording.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

oh, you use 2d, ok, reassigning to it then (you opened the bug against "unity" which is the 3d version)

[Rüdiger Kupper (ruediger.kupper)]

Sorry, my fault.
Anyway, I have made a recording using gtk-recordmydesktop. Thank you for pointing me to this tool, it works remarkably well!
See attached video.