Shadow remains after window closed

[jthimonier]

Easy to reproduce : You just have to make a gksu and to validate your password (It doesn't append when you cancel)

I'm on the gibbon gutsy and up to date.
My graphic card is a nvidia 7600Gt..

[Dan Lea (danlea)]

Same problem here, GeForce 7300 LE. The persistent shadow also sometimes occurs with tooltip windows, and based on my experience, seems to be a problem when the window disappears almost immediately after being displayed.

[Dan Lea (danlea)]

I should add, disabling and re-enabling Window Decoration removes the shadows, but that's not really an acceptable workaround.

[Henrik Nilsen Omma (henrik)]

This bug was nominated for Gutsy but does currently not qualify for a 7.10 stable release update (SRU) and the nomination is therefore declined.
According the the SRU policy, the fix should already be deployed and tested in the current development version before an update to the stable releases will be considered. With 7.10 now released, that policy applies to this bug. See: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates .
The bug is not being closed as work will continue on fixing it for the next release, Hardy Heron (8.04). If the state of this bug should change such that it qualifies for the SRU process, please contact the person who originally declined it and ask them to re-evaluate it. To help improve the state of this bug see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/HowToTriage .

[Andrea Gamba (andrea-gamba)]

I experience a similar bug, but worse: the whole gksu window instead of disappearing becomes white. I use Compiz and Emerald on Gutsy with a 915 Intel graphic card and the intel driver. The same problem was signalled here, with a different card:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=626719
I also had some time the same behavior as described in the first comments, and this too has been noticed before, see for instance here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=514899
It is very annoying because gksu is often used, for instance when running Synaptic.

[Andrea Gamba (andrea-gamba)]

Apparently it is all related to

http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?18754

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gksu/+bug/76932

and it is mainly a gksu problem.

[Andrea Gamba (andrea-gamba)]

I have finally found a temporary workaround here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gksu/+bug/76932

[Andrea Gamba (andrea-gamba)]

However, the problem is not restricted to gksu. The same problem happens with windows produced by Openoffice.

[Richard Eames (naddiseo)]

I've recently (last week) started getting this on Hardy. Could this be fixed for Hardy?

[Dan Lea (danlea)]

I've not had any problems with this for a while now - anyone still experiencing it, or should this bug be closed?

[Vincent Hindriksen (vhindriksen)]

Just had it again when clicking the clock in 9.10 alpha 6. Can be washed by any other window. Other windows don't have the problem, or I did not discover those.
Nvidia + Compiz.

[Miloš Mandarić (mandzo18)]

Same issue here.

[manzur (sl-solaris)]

Same in here with ubuntu 9.10 alpha 6 with latest updates
Nvidia + Compiz

[manzur (sl-solaris)]

Please fix this after the final 9.10 release, do you need more info? please ask

[manzur (sl-solaris)]

**before 9.10 final release

[Travis Watkins (amaranth)]

The clock is a different issue, not related to this. The OpenOffice.org one probably is too.

[Miloš Mandarić (mandzo18)]

I have marked two bugs as duplicate of this one(clock shadow issue). Now I am marking one as not a duplicate, and the other as duplicate of first bug. Sounds complicated, and it is.

[Vincent Hindriksen (vhindriksen)]

The easy solution is to change the following in Compiz:
window-decoration -> shaduw = "!(type=Dock)" (see attachment, which in Dutch if you don't understand). Personally this made me happy, since I do not like the shadow of the upper panel. As you might have figured out, the actual bug is not fixed with this cover-action.

Maybe interesting: If I change anything in this screen, the shadow disappears (in other words: is built up with the current information about the windows). This tells me Compiz is not updated correctly when dock-windows get a different state. Messed up listener?

[ex-oficio (wilkinson-luke)]

i have this bug when using the invest applet or the dictionary applet. these are panel applets. when they are opened and closed a shadow reamins on the destop, overlaying icons etc. only happens with compiz, not metacity.

to reproduce:

use compiz
add invest or dictionary applet to panel
click widget to open the applet window
click widget to close the applet window
observe shadow.

screeshot attached

regards,
ex-oficio

[ex-oficio (wilkinson-luke)]

i have this bug when using the invest applet or the dictionary applet. these are panel applets. when they are opened and closed a shadow reamins on the destop, overlaying icons etc. only happens with compiz, not metacity.

to reproduce:

use compiz
add invest or dictionary applet to panel
click widget to open the applet window
click widget to close the applet window
observe shadow.

screenshot attached

regards,
ex-oficio

[Travis Watkins (amaranth)]

Is anyone having this issue with gksu windows in Ubuntu 9.10? The clock (already fixed), invest-applet, and dictionary applet are separate issues and already have separate bugs filed for them.

[Tom V (tvice)]

I am having the same issue with Invest on 9.10. Leaves a shadow. I never had this with any previous Ubuntu versions. Compiz is loaded.

[Matt Perry (mp)]

@Travis: I am not seeing this with gksu on 9.10. It appears to be fixed.