Compiz scale/exposé flicker on first activation

[Frederik Elwert]

When triggering scale or exposé (Super+W/S) for the first time after login, there is a lot of flickering and then the windows/workspaces are only partly shown. The view is generally unusable then. But when activating them again, they both work fine. So it seems to be some sort of instantiation issue.

Please let me know if you need additional information.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: compiz 1:0.9.7.6-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic i686
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 688d20c2367428cd47393f8945b33f66
CheckboxSystem: b845c366ea09c60efa3a45c1b5b21525
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,decor,grid,compiztoolbox,gnomecompat,resize,vpswitch,move,snap,regex,place,imgpng,mousepoll,session,animation,expo,ezoom,wall,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,fade,scale,unityshell,scaleaddon]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Thu Apr 19 19:41:01 2012
DistUpgraded: 2012-01-22 19:04:17,328 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 virtualbox, 4.1.12, 3.2.0-22-generic, i686: installed
 virtualbox, 4.1.12, 3.2.0-23-generic, i686: installed
 virtualbox, 4.1.12, 3.2.0-23-generic-pae, i686: installed
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS880M [Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series] [1002:9712] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1475]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110803.1)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP 625
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic root=UUID=674fb7fd-ef06-4514-950c-9bfff202e626 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: compiz
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-22 (87 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 05/24/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68DVA Ver. F.01
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 1475
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 72.0E
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU0262V5J
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68DVAVer.F.01:bd05/24/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHP625:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1475:rvrKBCVersion72.0E:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP 625
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.6-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10
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

[jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount)]

Hi, there was a compiz update pushed very recently. Could you update and see if the issue persists? If so, please let me know!

[Frederik Elwert (frederik-elwert)]

The issue is still there. But if I am not mistaken, it’s behaviour has changed a bit: It does not appear on the initial viewport, but only after you switch to another viewport and trigger scale there.

I also experienced this on a second machine with an Nvidia graphics card, so it seems not to be driver specific.

[jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount)]

I can reproduce this reliably

[Mickael-goetz (mickael-goetz)]

I didn't noticed this with the 4 default workspaces but it's definitely happening every time I do it for the first time since i change the number of my workspaces fro m4 to 9).