windows are blank, typing is lost until mouse is click an others

[relavak]

There are various problems with the GUI at the windows level. Problems 1. windows come up blank - sometimes even menus come up blank, happens in 1 out of 20 window approximately. 2. Windows appear but typing does not work. Sometimes if you click on something in the window the queued typing will occur. 3. Windows appear but some mouse clicks don't work, so do. 4. Window appears but on scrolling some part of the window does not scroll. If you move the window to the right or left it start to work properly. Using gnome2 with compiz on 14.04. Problems seem to get worse over time.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20141104-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-46.79-generic 3.13.11-ckt15
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-46-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 331.113 Mon Dec 1 21:08:13 PST 2014
 GCC version: gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1)
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Mar 22 22:10:42 2015
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation G96 [GeForce 9500 GT] [10de:0640] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. Device [19da:6046]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-12-18 (94 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
MachineType: ECS P55H-A
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-46-generic root=UUID=3bef074b-cd38-44f2-ad7a-a0a0aebb7350 ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: compiz
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 08/17/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 080016
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P55H-A
dmi.board.vendor: ECS
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0123ABC
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: ECS
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080016:bd08/17/2009:svnECS:pnP55H-A:pvr1.0:rvnECS:rnP55H-A:rvr1.0:cvnECS:ct3:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: P55H-A
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ECS
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20141104-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.56-1~ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.3
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
xserver.bootTime: Sun Mar 22 21:41:40 2015
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.devices:
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7
 input Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse MOUSE, id 8
 input AT Translated Set 2 keyboard KEYBOARD, id 9
xserver.errors: open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:

xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7

[Stephen M. Webb (bregma)]

Thanks for reporting these problems. It appears you are running an older version of Compiz on your computer. I recommend you update your 14.04 LTS to pick up all the bug fixes that have been released.

Using the Dash you can start the Software Updater application. Click on Settings... > Updates and make sure the "Recommended updates (trusty-updates)" is checked. Follow the dialogs and choose the options to update your system.

The current version of Compiz in trusty-updates is 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150122-0ubuntu1 and we believe it may already contain fixes for the problems you have described. Please update you version to the current supported version and retry if you could and report the results back here so we can see if there is further action required.

[relavak (kavaler-u)]

I updated to the latest compiz (see below). The problem is still occuring but less often than before. Problem started again about 3 days after update.

$ aptitude show compiz
Package: compiz
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150122-0ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Architecture: all
Uncompressed Size: 131 k
Depends: compiz-core (>= 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150122-0ubuntu1),
         compiz-plugins-default (>= 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150122-0ubuntu1),
         compiz-gnome, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Provides: x-window-manager
Description: OpenGL window and compositing manager
 Compiz brings to life a variety of visual effects that make the Linux desktop
 easier to use, more powerful and intuitive, and more accessible for users with
 special needs.

 This metapackage provides the components necessary for running compiz. It
 provides the compiz core, a set of standard plugins, a window decorator using
 the Gtk toolkit and the files necessary to integrate compiz with the GNOME
 desktop environment.

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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