Pink shadows with Compiz

[Fred]

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu hardy (development branch)"

$ dpkg -l compiz* | cat
ii compiz 1:0.7.0-0ubuntu3 OpenGL window and compositing manager
ii compiz-core 1:0.7.0-0ubuntu3 OpenGL window and compositing manager
ii compiz-fusion-plugins-extra 0.6.99+git20080213-0ubuntu2 Collection of extra plugins from OpenComposi
ii compiz-fusion-plugins-main 0.6.99+git20080214-0ubuntu3 Collection of plugins from OpenCompositing f
ii compiz-gnome 1:0.7.0-0ubuntu3 OpenGL window and compositing manager - GNOM
ii compiz-plugins 1:0.7.0-0ubuntu3 OpenGL window and compositing manager - plug
ii compizconfig-backend-gconf 0.6.99+git20080210-0ubuntu1 Settings library for plugins - OpenCompositi
ii compizconfig-settings-manager 0.6.99+git20080213-0ubuntu1 Compiz configuration settings manager

$ dpkg -l xserver* | cat
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.3+10ubuntu5 the X.Org X server
ii xserver-xorg-core 2:1.4.1~git20080131-1ubuntu4 Xorg X server - core server
ii xserver-xorg-video-all 1:7.3+10ubuntu5 the X.Org X server -- output driver metapack
ii xserver-xorg-video-nv 1:2.1.7-1 X.Org X server -- NV display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-vga 1:4.1.0-8 X.Org X server -- VGA display driver

$ glxinfo
...
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 8600 GT/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 169.09
...

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I am using Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron (alpha+updates) with Compiz and proprietary Nvidia graphics device drivers on a GeForce 8600GT.
Windows and menus have pink shadows.
In the settings for the "Window Decorator" plugin in CompizConfig Settings Manager, the color is #000000, not pink.
Yet, for some reason the shadows appear pink.
If I try to change some settings such as Shadow Radius, or color opacity, it often results in that the shadows just disappear.

[Matthew Woerly (nattgew)]

Could you post a screenshot of this?

[Iulian Udrea (iulian)]

Thank you for your report. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in compiz.

[Fred (eldmannen+launchpad)]

I attached the image you requested.

[Fred (eldmannen+launchpad)]

I attached another screenshot too.
With color dialog open.

[Fred (eldmannen+launchpad)]

Okay, this may sound stupid... but now the shadows are yellow...

This is not a joke.

[Henrik Nyberg (henrik-mysko)]

I can confirm this bug. I have a Nvidia Geforce 8800GT, using the nvidia-glx-new driver and I experience the same thing. I am running the same Ubuntu version as in the original bug description.

[Fred (eldmannen+launchpad)]

Now the shadows are pink again.

We both have GeForce 8x00 cards, and we both running Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron, and we both are using the nvidia-glx-new device driver.
You have 8800GT, me have 8600GT.

[morryis (morryis)]

I can confirm this bug with pink shadows, too. I have a GeForce 8800GTX, with the nvidia-glx-new drivers and Ubuntu 8.04.

[zegenie (zegenie)]

I'm having the same problems here. The shadow colors varies depending on the background they are shown. Shadows on the default ubuntu wallpapers are yellow, and in firefox, nautilus, etc with white background-color, they are pink.

I'm using a geforce 8800 gtx card, and I was not having the same problems with my geforce 7900 that I just switched from.
Running hardy with all updates applied.

Reading around, this seems to apply only to geforce 8-family cards ...

[Mahesh Asolkar (asolkar)]

Same here on 8400GS. I opened a bug on opencompositing.com where it was resolve to be upstream (Nvidia driver) issue:

  http://bugs.opencompositing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781

[morryis (morryis)]

The latest updates seem to have fixed the the issue (compiz (1:0.7.0-0ubuntu4) to 1:0.7.0+git20080227-0ubuntu2 ?)

[morryis (morryis)]

Well, it didn't fix it, but shadows disappeared now

[Fred (eldmannen+launchpad)]

$ dpkg -l "*compiz*" | grep ii
ii compiz 1:0.7.0+git20080227-0ubuntu2 OpenGL window and compositing manager
ii compiz-core 1:0.7.0+git20080227-0ubuntu2 OpenGL window and compositing manager
ii compiz-fusion-plugins-extra 0.6.99+git20080223-0ubuntu1 Collection of extra plugins from OpenComposi
ii compiz-fusion-plugins-main 0.6.99+git20080228-0ubuntu1 Collection of plugins from OpenCompositing f
ii compiz-gnome 1:0.7.0+git20080227-0ubuntu2 OpenGL window and compositing manager - GNOM
ii compiz-plugins 1:0.7.0+git20080227-0ubuntu2 OpenGL window and compositing manager - plug
ii compizconfig-backend-gconf 0.6.99+git20080210-0ubuntu1 Settings library for plugins - OpenCompositi
ii compizconfig-settings-manager 0.6.99+git20080227-0ubuntu1 Compiz configuration settings manager
ii libcompizconfig0 0.6.99+git20080223-0ubuntu1 Settings library for plugins - OpenCompositi
ii python-compizconfig 0.6.99+git20080214-0ubuntu1 Compiz configuration system bindings

morryis,
Nope, I have 1:0.7.0+git20080227-0ubuntu2 and still have yellow shadows.

[morryis (morryis)]

@fred:
after restarting x the pink/yellow shadows reappeared on my system

[Molotov (shroomz)]

Same Problem here. nVidia GeForce 8600 gt nvidia-glx-new 169.12+2.6.24.11-12.31. Sometimes the shadows are yellow, sometimes pink, and sometimes they're just invisible. I hope this will be fixed before final release. (Sry for my bad English).

[Comhead (nigelrptaylor)]

Your engish is beter than mine!!

On 14/03/2008, Molotov <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 186382 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186382
>
> Same Problem here. nVidia GeForce 8600 gt nvidia-glx-new
> 169.12+2.6.24.11-12.31. Sometimes the shadows are yellow, sometimes
> pink, and sometimes they're just invisible. I hope this will be fixed
> before final release. (Sry for my bad English).
>
> --
> Pink shadows with Compiz
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194851
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug (via bug 186382).
>
> Status in Source Package "compiz" in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> $ cat /etc/lsb-release
> DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
> DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
> DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
> DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu hardy (development branch)"
>
> $ dpkg -l compiz* | cat
> ii compiz 1:0.7.0-0ubuntu3
> OpenGL window and compositing manager
> ii compiz-core 1:0.7.0-0ubuntu3
> OpenGL window and compositing manager
> ii compiz-fusion-plugins-extra 0.6.99+git20080213-0ubuntu2 Collection
> of extra plugins from OpenComposi
> ii compiz-fusion-plugins-main 0.6.99+git20080214-0ubuntu3 Collection
> of plugins from OpenCompositing f
> ii compiz-gnome 1:0.7.0-0ubuntu3
> OpenGL window and compositing manager - GNOM
> ii compiz-plugins 1:0.7.0-0ubuntu3
> OpenGL window and compositing manager - plug
> ii compizconfig-backend-gconf 0.6.99+git20080210-0ubuntu1 Settings
> library for plugins - OpenCompositi
> ii compizconfig-settings-manager 0.6.99+git20080213-0ubuntu1 Compiz
> configuration settings manager
>
> $ dpkg -l xserver* | cat
> ii xserver-xorg 1:7.3+10ubuntu5 the
> X.Org X server
> ii xserver-xorg-core 2:
> 1.4.1~git20080131-1ubuntu4 Xorg X server - core server
> ii xserver-xorg-video-all 1:7.3+10ubuntu5 the
> X.Org X server -- output driver metapack
> ii xserver-xorg-video-nv 1:2.1.7-1
> X.Org X server -- NV display driver
> ii xserver-xorg-video-vga 1:4.1.0-8
> X.Org X server -- VGA display driver
>
> $ glxinfo
> ...
> OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
> OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 8600 GT/PCI/SSE2
> OpenGL version string: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 169.09
> ...
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> I am using Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron (alpha+updates) with Compiz and
> proprietary Nvidia graphics device drivers on a GeForce 8600GT.
> Windows and menus have pink shadows.
> In the settings for the "Window Decorator" plugin in CompizConfig
> Settings Manager, the color is #000000, not pink.
> Yet, for some reason the shadows appear pink.
> If I try to change some settings such as Shadow Radius, or color opacity,
> it often results in that the shadows just disappear.
>

[dano (danoex)]

i have the same problem, but with yellow shadows
hardy beta, nvidia 8500gt

[marcelo (marcelo-espinoza)]

I confirm, just installed Hardy Beta and I have pink shadows while I have #000000 in the Compiz editor. Moreover, in the gconf-editor this value changes to #000000ff (see screenshot attached). Trying to modify any of these values does not fix the problem.

[Nick Russell (thatnick)]

I have this with 8.04 beta and nvidia 8800gt also. Usually pink shadows, sometimes normal (or yellow, is that normal!? Hard to tell!). Thanks.

[James Schriver (dashua)]

Disable window shadows and change the offset shadow x and y to 0. That will get rid of the pink shadow around the window, but then again you will have no shadows. When shadows are enabled they do not look good on a my glossy display and show up a haze.

[zach382 (zach382)]

I can confirm this problem. Running latest Hardy Beta with all updates and have an Nvidia 8400 m gs with the nvidia-glx-new drivers.

[Dusan Popovic (ef-dva)]

No shadows at all whatever I do, nvidia 8500 gt

[motang (mohan-ram)]

I have same issue with same graphics card. My shadow was black when I first installed Ubuntu 8.04 Beta and one day it just turned pink on me, and when I tried to change the color of it the shadow outright disappears.

[Hamid Baghi (hamidb83)]

I have the same issue. I have nvidia 8400M GS on a dell laptop. I think this is most probably the bug in nvidia-glx-new drivers not in compiz. Another point is that I don't get enough performance that I expect out of my card. Because the compiz animations work very smoothly on an integrated intel graphic chipset. Maybe we should give atru to the driver package on nvidia website.

[Jean Collonvillé (cjean)]

Just installed the 169.09 version of the nvidia drivers and everything is back to normal for me. (GeForce 8600 GTS )

[Hamid Baghi (hamidb83)]

I installed latest version of the driver using the package from the nvidia website. It works without any issue. But I would like to use the driver from ubuntu repository since otherwise every time the kernel changes I need to reinstall the nvidia driver package.

[Necrolin (spyb4573)]

Aparently the Archlinux users have figured out exactly what's wrong. It's to do with the nvidia-utils package that installs with the ubuntu drivers. Installing the official drivers removes the issue. You can see more details on the Archlinux website:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=353101

[Kjell Braden (afflux)]

Necrolin, please keep the discussion in the main bug (bug 186382). Also
please note that "just installing the official nvidia packages" is not
really a solution for this bug.

Thanks,

[Ayle (celderian)]

I'm using 8.04, nvidia-glx-new and I have a 8xxx card: 8600m GT... And I have the pink shadows...

[Naatan (naatan)]

Same problem here, but I have a Nvidia quadro nvs 140m.
When I change the metacity theme the shadow seems to change, a minute ago I had another metacity theme and it was lime green.. now I switched back to the Human theme and it's pink.

Hovering over Firefox for example the shadows are normal.

Aside from that the shadows stop working all together at times and then magically appear again later.

For a while there I thought the developers were trying to add some sort of feature to make the shadow differ depending on the background color but jeez.. just give me regular dark shadows please :)

[Hans van den Bogert (hbogert)]

same here with 8400gs
nvidia-glx-new
ubuntu repository

[Dusan Maliarik (dusan-maliarik)]

same here with 8400M GS

[elrodeo (iam669)]

the same for me 8600GT

[peddy (peddy22)]

no shadows at all for 8800GT

[vonlogik (vonlogik)]

I installed the NVIDIA drivers from their website (btw, for the rest of the noobs out there: Ctrl+Alt+F1 [then] sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop will stop X server so you can install nvidia drivers).

I am still getting weird shadow effects. If I play with the shadow settings (especially the radius slider) I can randomly (I don't choose the color, it just happens regardless of what I select) get pink, green, egg-white, and no shadows. It seems like the offset and opacity/radius actually work.

I am running Compiz WITHOUT xgl. If I use xgl, the shadows work fine. However.... if I use xgl, I can't use vmware because of another bug with that (console screen is just black with xgl). 8800GTS

[tonioLeRital - Antoine Schellenberger (schellenberger)]

I think I fix the problem : the fwb module loaded by the X server (libwfb.so) can by provided by the Nvidia Corp. or Xorg, so it seems that when it's the Nvidia fwb version the problem seams to appear, consequently if we turn the symbolic link /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so to /usr/lib/nvidia/libwfb.so.xserver-xorg-core (the Xorg version instead) , the problem seems to be fixed...

[Chocwise (chocwise)]

I confirm that tonioLeRital's Fix works for me as well. I had either no Shadows, or those shadows in strange colors like yellow, pink, or neon green. With tonio's Fix the Shadows are back and everything is fine.
I've got a Nvidia 8600GT. I use the restricted Driver from the Repository. And I use Compiz Fusion and Emerald with my Hardy Heron.
Thanks alot tonioLeRital. :)
Do you think the Fix still works if the Kernel or the Driver is being updated or will it crash the X Server?

[Molotov (shroomz)]

I don't understand how to do this... Can anyone post a full/understandable workaround for this? How do I turn the symbolic link /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so to /usr/lib/nvidia/libwfb.so.xserver-xorg-core? Do I have to download something? Thanks :)

[Dusan Maliarik (dusan-maliarik)]

tonioLeRital's fix solves my problem too

[Philip Muškovac (yofel)]

you first go into /usr/lib/xorg/modules
then you delete the old link:
sudo rm libwfb.so
then type:
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/nvidia/libwfb.so.xserver-xorg-core ./libwfb.so

;)

[Tristan Schmelcher (tschmelcher)]

For Molotov and others:

1) Launch Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal.
2) Paste in this and hit enter: "sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/nvidia/libwfb.so.xserver-xorg-core /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so"
3) Enter your password.
4) Logout and then back in.

[Fred (eldmannen+launchpad)]

Works for me. :)

[DavidG (dgurak)]

Excellent, the symbolic link worked for me too! Great work! Shadows look perfect. Just wanted to check in as another +1 for the fix confirmation.

[neeto (fourseventwofour)]

Although I believe that fix works, I also acheived a per-session fix of just resetting the shadows within emerald. Sorta useless to mention now that this bug seems to be solved... but hopefully it will help someone.

[Molotov (shroomz)]

Yeah! Cool! It works for me, too! Thank you, guys! :D

[Naatan (naatan)]

tonioLeRital - You ROCK! :D

[kintoandar (kintoandar-gmail)]

Hardy final
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400M G (rev a1)

tonioLeRital solution rocks :D

Thanks mate!

[tonioLeRital - Antoine Schellenberger (schellenberger)]

As I mentioned previously, even if this workaround seems to work, we have to keep in minds that it's only a workaround, so turning the version of the wfb module is a bad thing and may probably affect others functionalities and making bugs appears... so, personally I think that if the punk shadows don't disturb you other way, keep your punk shadows and wait a new release of nvidia-glx-** that embed a fixed version of libnvidia-fwb.so...

[vwr0527 (vwr0527)]

I have an 8600gt card, and after upgrading my ubuntu 7.10 to 8.04 yesterday, I am also experiencing this problem.
But I am not having the problems with the titlebar in bug #186382.

[VonNeumann (luca-bolli)]

Confirm that the tonioLeRital's fix solve for me too.
Ubuntu 8.04 with nvidia geforce 8600GT ( laptop Dell Inspiron 1520 )

thank you so much!!!

[James Vaution (james-vautin)]

I confirm tonioLeRital's fix works. (a beer to him.) I think this bug should be placed on EnvyNG so this link can happen automatically when Nvidia drivers install. I suspect this bug will bite again as soon as any driver updates come through EnvyNG. Thanks everyone!

[aqua (aquasov)]

Installing xserver-xgl package fully fixes the shadows bug.
Additionally, glxgears shows twice better performance, boosting fps from 7k up to 14k. CPU usage goes down as well, making the whole UI work noticeably faster.

My PC: Asus G1S (8600M GT) + Hardy (8.04) final.

[Timmy (rotarykid)]

Thanks aqua!
My gears fps went from 10k to 16k and the UI is even smoother yet, and ofcourse, the pink is gone.

8600GTS + 8.04

[chef (adotei)]

I can confirm that tonioLeRital's fix worked for me. Upon reading aqua's comment, I also installed xserver-xgl ("sudo apt-get install xserver-xgl"). This seemed to improve the performance of compiz and everything seems to work smoother. Thanks guys. :)

[purplerhino (dhitchcock-awn)]

the xserver-xgl fix does work, but note: don't do it if you play any games. It broke all my games, World of Warcraft + Wine, ET:QW, etc. apt-get removing it fixed the games again, and brought back the pink.

[hendrikwout (hendrikwout)]

Off topic: If I start compiz with indirect rendering option, I also get a performance increase without xserver-xgl package. But now, I still can play games, let gnome-power-manager turn off the screen, change screen resolution, run nvidia-setting etc.
(Those things were all messed up when installing xserver-xgl)