Icons overlay when switching between categories

[BigTA]

I've noticed that when I switch between categories from the Internet tab, the Internet icons remain in the main window and the icons for the new category appear on top. This also happens to the text below the icon making it difficult to determine which icon is which. This is an intemittent error and only happens occaisionally. I have yet to figure out what causes it.
If I logout and log in the problem is fixed.

[Neil J. Patel (njpatel)]

Hmm, I added some code to fix this issue a couple of releases back. Could you please attach:

1. Your device make/model
2. The output of `apt-cache policy netbook-launcher`
3. The output of glxinfo

[Adam J Richardson (fatman-crackmonkey)]

I have this same bug, but the "sticky" menu is Accessories, and the icons are faded somewhat but still clickable; the icon spins as if it was the active menu.

I've attached a couple of screenshots plus glxinfo output and my Xorg log. The second is in false colour because the faded icons are hard to see.

Don't suppose it helps but I noticed this just after waking from hibernation.

My device is an Advent G10, which is really a rebadged MSI Wind.

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04
Codename: jaunty

$ uname -r
2.6.28-11-generic

$ apt-cache policy netbook-launcher
netbook-launcher:
  Installed: 1.6.20-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 1.6.20-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 1.6.20-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ dpkg -s netbook-launcher
Package: netbook-launcher
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Installed-Size: 808
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers <email address hidden>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.6.20-0ubuntu2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libclutter-0.8-0, libclutter-gtk-0.8-0 (>= 0.8.2), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.78), libgconf2-4 (>= 2.13.5), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libgnome-desktop-2-11 (>= 1:2.25.90), libgnome-menu2 (>= 2.15.4), libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3), libgnomeui-0 (>= 2.22.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.18.0), libwnck22 (>= 2.22.0), libx11-6, libxau6, gconf2 (>= 2.10.1-2)
Conffiles:
 /etc/xdg/autostart/netbook-launcher.desktop 2c1dbb42be5ab49f0f9aa3fe77d6bf8e
Description: A clutter-based desktop launcher, typically used on netbooks
 Netbook Launcher is a desktop launcher that uses the clutter UI library.
 It is commonly being used on netbook desktops with a resolution of
 1024x600 pixels and also supposed to support usage on touchscreens.
 It follows the xdg spec standards from freedesktop.org
 for the Desktop menu layout. Originally this application is used in
 the Ubuntu Netbook Remix.
 .
 See https://launchpad.net/netbook-remix-launcher for more information.
Original-Maintainer: Neil J. Patel <email address hidden>

[Julio A. Cervantes (julio)]

Any news on this having a present fix? I am also have this issue, persistently.

[Cyberfux (sfkraeling)]

Anything new? Same problem here (Jaunty/EeePC 1000h, everything newest from PPA)

[Adam J Richardson (fatman-crackmonkey)]

Nothing new here. I've noticed the "ghost" images pile up on top of each other, so netbook-launcher quickly becomes unusable. My workaround when the bug happens is to temporarily go back to the normal Gnome desktop using the desktop switcher app. I can't recall its name OTTOMH.

[Andrew Meadows (andrew-meadows)]

This issue occurs frequently on many of the menus for me on my Fujitsu U810. When this happens the computer starts to slow down and if not immediately reset it tends to hang requiring me to resort to the SysRq key.

[Neil J. Patel (njpatel)]

Hi, this was an issue with the Intel graphics drivers in Jaunty afaict. Has anyone here tested to see if this happens on Karmic?

[Andrew Meadows (andrew-meadows)]

Not with Karmic but I updated my intel drivers from the X Updates PPA and my kernel to 2.6.30. This fixes several other slowdowns and graphical glitches I had. On this bug it significantly reduced the frequency of occurrence. However, if the machine is under a heavier load and I use the menu I still run the risk of setting this bug off and having to reboot.

[chromax (chromax)]

Also waiting for a fix..

[Neil J. Patel (njpatel)]

I haven't been able to reproduce this with Karmic.

There were two bugs here:

1. The old launcher didn't always free the old iconviews, hence they stuck around. This was fixed in the Jaunty cycle

2. The intel video drivers have a bug in which this issue occurs. This seems to have been fixed in the most current release of these drivers, and partly in those available for Jaunty in the xorg-edgers PPA.

As 1. is fixed and 2. is an issue with video drivers rather than the launcher, I'd like to mark this bug as fix-released in netbook-remix-launcher project. Unless someone can reproduce this in Karmic on nvdia or ATI.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

marking this a duplicate of a later bug as it was reported against older netbook launcher.

[momerat99 (momerat99)]

im having the same problem on ubuntu netbook remix 9.10 kk its the same on three different laptops asus eee pc 1000ha,two different hp models not sure witch number they are installs i did for friends lol still beats windows

[WeatherGod (ben-v-root)]

I do not believe that this is a duplicate of bug 435805 because the behavior seems different. It is possible that they are related, but until we can truely identify the problem in either report, I can't say that this is a duplicate.