unity screen flickering and then its get hangs

Bug #1314883 reported by Jagadeesan A S
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compiz (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

when ever multi-click icon in unity screen gets flickering and then its get hangs, i can't able to do that time except pressing power button to restart...!!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: compiz-core 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 3.12.1-031201-generic i686
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,staticswitcher,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,dbus]
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu May 1 08:55:16 2014
DistUpgraded: 2014-04-18 17:47:50,119 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 4.3.10, 3.12.1-031201-generic, i686: installed
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3a02]
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3a02]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-08 (174 days ago)
InstallationMedia: This
MachineType: LENOVO INVALID
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.12.1-031201-generic root=UUID=409a05ae-0b66-4e6b-a304-12ad8b56bb73 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: compiz
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-18 (12 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 12/26/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 4FCNA1WW
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Base Board Product Name
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr4FCNA1WW:bd12/26/2011:svnLENOVO:pnINVALID:pvrLenovoB460e:rvnLENOVO:rnBaseBoardProductName:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: INVALID
dmi.product.version: Lenovo B460e
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.0-4ubuntu5
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.0-4ubuntu5
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
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 May 1 08:44:47 2014
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
 product id 5221
 vendor CMO
xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2

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Jagadeesan A S (jetson-paul) wrote :
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Seth Arnold (seth-arnold) wrote : Bug is not a security issue

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

information type: Private Security → Public
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

The attachment "when ever multi-click icon in unity screen gets flickering and then its get hangs, i can't able to do that time except pressing power button to restart.... Here by i attached video..!!" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

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tags: added: patch
Sam_ (and-sam)
tags: removed: patch
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