3d desktop effects is not (and has yet never been) stable for the majority of hardware/drivers that is used with Ubuntu - Compare with Mac OS X
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
mesa (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: ubuntu-desktop
This is a metabug (like bug #1) that denotes that Ubuntu's 3d Desktop / Compiz rendering effects / Composite graphics mode etc is NOT stable on/for the majority of hardware/drivers on which Ubuntu desktop edition is run (hence reporting against the ubuntu-desktop package).
Until this bug is solved, it is not relevant to talk about Ubuntu as providing 3d effects in any other matter other than a test/development version. We cannot recommend anyone that actually uses Ubuntu professionally to have them enabled.
When I refer to stable I mean the following more rudimentary specs:
- No X server crashes
- No recurrent garbled or corrupted displays
But ALSO:
- No overlay/
- No weird window behaviors when maximizing/moving (top window decorations inaccessible under the top panel, no minimizing of certain windows, inability to move certain windows etc)
- No flickering
- No weird white or black space displaying in various parts of the desktop
In short, I'd put the this bug as solved for a specific hardware/driver combination when one can expect to be able to work weeks and weeks and run 15-25 windows/
Steps to reproduce:
1. Enable the basic desktop effects
2. Use your computer as usual for say around 100 hours
3. If none of the above problems were experienced, please report this hardware/driver combination success together with the output of "lspci -vvnn", your xorg.conf-file together with any eventual special steps taken to achieve the problem free desktop effects set-up.
4. If any of the above problems occur, please report them as separate bugs in case they are not already reported - this meta-bug is only for tracking the overall usability issues.
This bug is solved when we can confirm full stability with the most used graphics cards and drivers (anyone have a good list to track the bug against?)
- Most used Nvidia cards and drivers
- Most used Intel cards and drivers
- Most used ATI cards and drivers
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
affects: | ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) → xorg (Ubuntu) |
affects: | xorg (Ubuntu) → mesa (Ubuntu) |
This looks also like my bug#323720 so please confirm mine, if you are refering to same "rendering glitches" as I am describing there (uninitialized pixmaps?)