window decorations corrupt on titlebars

[Jim Salter]

When Desktop Effects are enabled, window titlebars frequently become visually corrupt - they take on a weird white "ghosted" appearance and/or disappear entirely, but then look correct when moused over (but only as long as the mouse is held over the titlebar, or in some cases over particular decorations - for example, the close button may be garbled unless moused over).

[David Siegel (djsiegel-deactivatedaccount)]

This is too big of a fix to be considered a paper cut.

Can you please attach some screenshots of what you're describing?

[Jim Salter (jrssnet)]

David, I'm at the office so the only Ubuntu machines I have available are headless - but when I get home I will certainly attach one.

I'm amazed I couldn't find an analog to this bug, I hear A LOT of complaints about it.

[jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount)]

Hi.

Does this bug still affect newer versions of compiz?

[jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount)]

Also, did this machine use nvidia? There was an old bug with the 170 version drivers that may have been the cause.

[Jim Salter (jrssnet)]

I haven't seen this bug since updating to Oneiric, although TBH I've spent most of my time in LXDE so I'm not sure if I *would* see it or not. I did spend a couple of weeks using Unity before I got fed up and went LXDE, though, and I did not see the bug repeated there.

The machines in question are all nvidia, yes.

[jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount)]

I'm going to mark this as a duplicate of that ancient bug -- it surely seems to be the same bug.

If it does indeed show up again it would probably be better to report a new bug.

Thanks!