thanks for the info :)


On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 5:11 PM Stephan Springer <email address hidden> wrote:

> I've had problems with window spread before, too, but only on a laptop
> with Nvidia graphics. On another one with Intel graphics, it works
> flawlessly.
>
> Anyways, after upgrading to vivid, I tried to enable window spread using
> unity-tweak-tool again, and I got that freeze plus (after a while) crash
> again. But this time, it was so bad that I could not even log in any
> more. Afer entering my password, and after a second or so, I was always
> presented with a completely white (or light gray) screen, and after a
> mouse click, there was the login screen again. A reboot did not help,
> either.
>
> So after removing some config files in my home directory also did not
> help, I removed all nvidia-* packages. Now I could log in again, and
> finally I had a chance to switch window spread off again! (By the way,
> it still crashes.)
>
> I also got many apport crash popups after being able to login again
> (Xorg, compiz, apport).
>
> I guess I was hit by multiple bugs at once. Do you need any additional
> information?
>
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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1295909
>
> Title:
>   Unity spread trigger ruins windows and freezes desktop
>
> Status in Compiz:
>   Triaged
> Status in Unity:
>   Confirmed
> Status in compiz package in Ubuntu:
>   Triaged
> Status in unity package in Ubuntu:
>   Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>   The latest update disabled window spreading and when triggered crashes
>   the desktop. Everything freezes and windows cannot be switched. The
>   only way to close an application is to shut down.
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
>   Package: unity 7.1.2+14.04.20140320.1-0ubuntu1
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-18.38-generic 3.13.6
>   Uname: Linux 3.13.0-18-generic x86_64
>   .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
>
>   ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
>   Architecture: amd64
>   CompizPlugins: No value set for
> `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
>   CompositorRunning: compiz
>   CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
>   CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
>   CurrentDesktop: Unity
>   Date: Fri Mar 21 20:59:17 2014
>   DistUpgraded: 2014-03-19 22:45:03,298 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
>   DistroCodename: trusty
>   DistroVariant: ubuntu
>   DkmsStatus:
>    vboxhost, 4.3.8, 3.11.0-18-generic, x86_64: installed
>    vboxhost, 4.3.8, 3.13.0-18-generic, x86_64: installed
>   EcryptfsInUse: Yes
>   GraphicsCard:
>    Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
> [8086:0156] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>      Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:fa20]
>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-03 (77 days ago)
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64
> (20130424)
>   MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite C55-A
>   ProcEnviron:
>    LANGUAGE=en_US
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
>    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-18-generic
> root=UUID=6b37c83b-b64c-42fc-89d3-3db46a397734 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>   SourcePackage: unity
>   UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-03-20 (1 days ago)
>   dmi.bios.date: 04/12/2013
>   dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp.
>   dmi.bios.version: 1.10
>   dmi.board.name: Portable PC
>   dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
>   dmi.board.version: MP
>   dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
>   dmi.chassis.type: 10
>   dmi.chassis.vendor: OEM Chassis Manufacturer
>   dmi.chassis.version: OEM Chassis Version
>   dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvr1.10:bd04/12/2013:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteC55-A:pvrPSCF6U-01Y00C:rvnTOSHIBA:rnPortablePC:rvrMP:cvnOEMChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrOEMChassisVersion:
>   dmi.product.name: Satellite C55-A
>   dmi.product.version: PSCF6U-01Y00C
>   dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA
>   version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140320.1-0ubuntu1
>   version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
>   version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
>   version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.0-1ubuntu1
>   version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental
> 10.0.0-1ubuntu2
>   version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.0-1ubuntu1
>   version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.0-1ubuntu7
>   version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev
> 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
>   version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3
>   version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1
>   version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
>   xserver.bootTime: Fri Mar 21 18:56:33 2014
>   xserver.configfile: default
>   xserver.errors:
>
>   xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>   xserver.outputs:
>    product id                               17223
>    vendor                                     SDC
>   xserver.version: 2:1.15.0-1ubuntu7
>   ---
>   .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
>
>   ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
>   Architecture: amd64
>   CompizPlugins: No value set for
> `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
>   CompositorRunning: compiz
>   CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
>   CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
>   CurrentDesktop: Unity
>   DistUpgraded: 2014-03-19 22:45:03,298 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
>   DistroCodename: trusty
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
>   DistroVariant: ubuntu
>   DkmsStatus:
>    vboxhost, 4.3.8, 3.13.0-18-generic, x86_64: installed
>    vboxhost, 4.3.8, 3.13.0-19-generic, x86_64: installed
>   EcryptfsInUse: Yes
>   GraphicsCard:
>    Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
> [8086:0156] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>      Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:fa20]
>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-03 (83 days ago)
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64
> (20130424)
>   MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite C55-A
>   Package: unity
>   PackageArchitecture: all
>   ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-19-generic
> root=UUID=6b37c83b-b64c-42fc-89d3-3db46a397734 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-19.40-generic 3.13.6
>   Tags:  trusty trusty ubuntu compiz-0.9
>   Uname: Linux 3.13.0-19-generic x86_64
>   UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-03-20 (7 days ago)
>   UserGroups: adm cdrom dip kvm libvirtd lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare
> sudo wireshark www-data
>   _MarkForUpload: True
>   dmi.bios.date: 04/12/2013
>   dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp.
>   dmi.bios.version: 1.10
>   dmi.board.name: Portable PC
>   dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
>   dmi.board.version: MP
>   dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
>   dmi.chassis.type: 10
>   dmi.chassis.vendor: OEM Chassis Manufacturer
>   dmi.chassis.version: OEM Chassis Version
>   dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvr1.10:bd04/12/2013:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteC55-A:pvrPSCF6U-01Y00C:rvnTOSHIBA:rnPortablePC:rvrMP:cvnOEMChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrOEMChassisVersion:
>   dmi.product.name: Satellite C55-A
>   dmi.product.version: PSCF6U-01Y00C
>   dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA
>   version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140320.1-0ubuntu1
>   version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
>   version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
>   version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.0-1ubuntu1
>   version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental
> 10.0.0-1ubuntu2
>   version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.0-1ubuntu1
>   version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.0-1ubuntu7
>   version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev
> 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
>   version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3
>   version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1
>   version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
>   xserver.bootTime: Thu Mar 27 19:39:00 2014
>   xserver.configfile: default
>   xserver.errors:
>
>   xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>   xserver.outputs:
>    product id                               17223
>    vendor                                     SDC
>   xserver.version: 2:1.15.0-1ubuntu7
>
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