Window titlebars corrupt when compiz (desktop effects) are enabled

[Jayson Rowe]

I've seen this in Gutsy and now in Hardy (I was hoping it would be fixed). Whenever a window is maximized, at random times the title bar controls disappear - they can often be brought back by double-clicking the title bar to restore-down and then double click to re-maximize.
This is a huge annoyance to me - I've seen some old bugs which recommended adding Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true" to the Xorg.conf file, but that did not help for me, and that's the only proposed "fix" I could find searching around, so I decided to file the bug. I'll attach a screenshot as well.
Here is a hardware summary:

Computer
Processor 2x AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+
Memory 2063MB (357MB used)
Operating System Ubuntu hardy (development branch)
User Name jayson (Jayson Rowe)
Date/Time Tue 18 Mar 2008 06:42:45 PM EDT
Display
Resolution 1280x1024 pixels
OpenGL Renderer GeForce 7900 GS/PCI/SSE2
X11 Vendor The X.Org Foundation
Multimedia
Audio Adapter CA0106 - CA0106
Input Devices
Macintosh mouse button emulation
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
HID 1241:1166
PC Speaker
Power Button (FF)
Power Button (CM)
Sleep Button (CM)
Printers
No printers found
IDE Disks
ST3120814A
WDC WD2500BB-22RDA0
SCSI Disks
ATA WDC WD3200AAKS-0
LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1S
Generic STORAGE DEVICE
Operating System
Version
Kernel Linux 2.6.24-12-generic (x86_64)
Compiled #1 SMP Wed Mar 12 22:31:43 UTC 2008
C Library GNU C Library version 2.7 (stable)
Distribution Ubuntu hardy (development branch)
Current Session
Computer Name jayson-desktop
User Name jayson (Jayson Rowe)
Home Directory /home/jayson
Desktop Environment GNOME 2.22 (session name: Default)
Misc
Uptime 1 hour, 5 minutes
Load Average 0.16, 0.17, 0.11
Kernel Modules
Loaded Modules
af_packet
dock ACPI Dock Station Driver
sbs Smart Battery System ACPI interface driver
sbshc ACPI SMBus HC driver
container ACPI container driver
video ACPI Video Driver
output Display Output Switcher Lowlevel Control Abstraction
battery ACPI Battery Driver
iptable_filter iptables filter table
ip_tables IPv4 packet filter
x_tables [ip,ip6,arp]_tables backend module
ac ACPI AC Adapter Driver
parport_pc PC-style parallel port driver
lp
parport
loop
ipv6 IPv6 protocol stack for Linux
nvidia
snd_ca0106 CA0106
snd_ac97_codec Universal interface for Audio Codec '97
snd_pcm_oss PCM OSS emulation for ALSA.
snd_mixer_oss Mixer OSS emulation for ALSA.
snd_pcm Midlevel PCM code for ALSA.
snd_seq_dummy ALSA sequencer MIDI-through client
snd_seq_oss OSS-compatible sequencer module
snd_seq_midi Advanced Linux Sound Architecture sequencer MIDI synth.
snd_rawmidi Midlevel RawMidi code for ALSA.
snd_seq_midi_event MIDI byte <-> sequencer event coder
snd_seq Advanced Linux Sound Architecture sequencer.
snd_timer ALSA timer interface
snd_seq_device ALSA sequencer device management
snd Advanced Linux Sound Architecture driver for soundcards.
soundcore Core sound module
ac97_bus
snd_page_alloc Memory allocator for ALSA system.
button ACPI Button Driver
i2c_nforce2 nForce2/3/4/5xx SMBus driver
i2c_core I2C-Bus main module
k8temp AMD K8 core temperature monitor
evdev Input driver event char devices
shpchp Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver
pci_hotplug PCI Hot Plug PCI Core
pcspkr PC Speaker beeper driver
ext3 Second Extended Filesystem with journaling extensions
jbd
mbcache Meta block cache (for extended attributes)
sg SCSI generic (sg) driver
sr_mod SCSI cdrom (sr) driver
cdrom
sd_mod SCSI disk (sd) driver
ide_disk ATA DISK Driver
sata_nv low-level driver for NVIDIA nForce SATA controller
usbhid USB HID core driver
hid
usb_storage USB Mass Storage driver for Linux
pata_acpi SCSI low-level driver for ATA in ACPI mode
pata_amd low-level driver for AMD PATA IDE
libusual
ata_generic low-level driver for generic ATA
forcedeth Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver
libata Library module for ATA devices
scsi_mod SCSI core
ehci_hcd 10 Dec 2004 USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
amd74xx AMD PCI IDE driver
ide_core
ohci_hcd 2006 August 04 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
usbcore
thermal ACPI Thermal Zone Driver
processor ACPI Processor Driver
fan ACPI Fan Driver
fbcon
tileblit Tile Blitting Operation
font Console Fonts
bitblit Bit Blitting Operation
softcursor Generic software cursor
fuse Filesystem in Userspace
Boots
Boots
Tue Mar 18 17:37 - 18:42 (01:04) Kernel 2.6.24-12-generi
Tue Mar 18 16:37 - 17:36 (00:59) Kernel 2.6.24-12-generi
Sun Mar 16 10:32 - 16:36 (2+06:04) Kernel 2.6.22-14-generi
Sat Mar 15 22:01 - 10:31 (12:29) Kernel 2.6.22-14-generi
Sat Mar 15 17:44 - 17:53 (00:08) Kernel 2.6.22-14-generi
Sat Mar 15 17:40 - 17:43 (00:03) Kernel 2.6.22-14-generi
Thu Mar 13 23:27 - 17:09 (1+17:41) Kernel 2.6.22-14-generi
Thu Mar 13 23:18 - 23:26 (00:08) Kernel 2.6.22-14-generi
Thu Mar 13 23:16 - 23:17 (00:01) Kernel 2.6.22-14-generi
Fri Mar 14 02:51 - 23:14 (-3:-37) Kernel 2.6.22-14-generi
Languages
Available Languages
en_AU.utf8 English locale for Australia
en_BW.utf8 English locale for Botswana
en_CA.utf8 English locale for Canada
en_DK.utf8 English locale for Denmark
en_GB.utf8 English locale for Britain
en_HK.utf8 English locale for Hong Kong
en_IE.utf8 English locale for Ireland
en_IN English language locale for India
en_NZ.utf8 English locale for New Zealand
en_PH.utf8 English language locale for Philippines
en_SG.utf8 English language locale for Singapore
en_US.utf8 English locale for the USA
en_ZA.utf8 English locale for South Africa
Filesystems
Mounted File Systems
/dev/sda1 19.7 GiB total, 15.1 GiB free
proc 0.0 B total, 0.0 B free
/sys 0.0 B total, 0.0 B free
varrun 1007.5 MiB total, 1007.4 MiB free
varlock 1007.5 MiB total, 1007.5 MiB free
udev 1007.5 MiB total, 1007.4 MiB free
devshm 1007.5 MiB total, 1007.4 MiB free
devpts 0.0 B total, 0.0 B free
lrm 1007.5 MiB total, 965.4 MiB free
/dev/sda3 271.8 GiB total, 255.4 GiB free
/dev/hda1 110.0 GiB total, 45.0 GiB free
/dev/hdb2 227.4 GiB total, 141.8 GiB free
securityfs 0.0 B total, 0.0 B free
Shared Directories
SAMBA
NFS
Display
Display
Resolution 1280x1024 pixels
Vendor The X.Org Foundation
Version 1.4.0.90
Monitors
Monitor 0 1280x1024 pixels
Extensions
BIG-REQUESTS
Composite
DAMAGE
DOUBLE-BUFFER
DPMS
Extended-Visual-Information
GLX
MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
MIT-SHM
MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
NV-CONTROL
NV-GLX
RANDR
RECORD
RENDER
SECURITY
SHAPE
SYNC
TOG-CUP
X-Resource
XAccessControlExtension
XC-APPGROUP
XC-MISC
XFIXES
XFree86-Bigfont
XFree86-DGA
XFree86-Misc
XFree86-VidModeExtension
XINERAMA
XInputExtension
XKEYBOARD
XTEST
XVideo
XVideo-MotionCompensation
OpenGL
Vendor NVIDIA Corporation
Renderer GeForce 7900 GS/PCI/SSE2
Version 2.1.2 NVIDIA 169.12
Direct Rendering Yes
Network Interfaces
Network Interfaces
lo Sent 0.08MiB, received 0.08MiB (127.0.0.1)
eth0 Sent 1.15MiB, received 8.72MiB (192.168.0.198)
eth1 Sent 0.01MiB, received 6.24MiB (192.168.0.191)
Users
Human Users
jayson Jayson Rowe
System Users
root root
daemon daemon
bin bin
sys sys
sync sync
games games
man man
lp lp
mail mail
news news
uucp uucp
proxy proxy
www-data www-data
backup backup
list Mailing List Manager
irc ircd
gnats Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin)
nobody nobody
dhcp
syslog
klog
messagebus
hplip HPLIP system user
avahi-autoipd Avahi autoip daemon
avahi Avahi mDNS daemon
haldaemon Hardware abstraction layer
gdm Gnome Display Manager
pulse PulseAudio daemon
polkituser PolicyKit
Devices
Processor
Processors
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+ 2412.36MHz
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+ 2412.36MHz
Memory
Memory
Total Memory 2063304 kB
Free Memory 1238644 kB
Buffers 33020 kB
Cached 467564 kB
Cached Swap 0 kB
Active 468664 kB
Inactive 272768 kB
Virtual Memory 4048328 kB
Free Virtual Memory 4048328 kB
Dirty 0 kB
Writeback 0 kB
AnonPages 240848 kB
Mapped 60744 kB
Slab 39032 kB
SReclaimable 23764 kB
SUnreclaim 15268 kB
PageTables 11604 kB
NFS_Unstable 0 kB
Bounce 0 kB
CommitLimit 5079980 kB
Committed_AS 569064 kB
VmallocTotal 34359738367 kB
VmallocUsed 44428 kB
VmallocChunk 34359684091 kB
PCI Devices
PCI Devices
RAM memory nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller
ISA bridge nVidia Corporation MCP55 LPC Bridge
SMBus nVidia Corporation MCP55 SMBus
USB Controller nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller
USB Controller nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller
IDE interface nVidia Corporation MCP55 IDE
IDE interface nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller
IDE interface nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller
PCI bridge nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI bridge
Bridge nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet
Bridge nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet
PCI bridge nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge
PCI bridge nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge
PCI bridge nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge
PCI bridge nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge
PCI bridge nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge
PCI bridge nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge
Host bridge Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
Host bridge Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
Host bridge Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
Host bridge Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
Multimedia audio controller Creative Labs SB Audigy LS
VGA compatible controller nVidia Corporation G71 [GeForce 7900 GS]
USB Devices
Printers
Printers
No printers found
Battery
No batteries
No batteries found on this system
Sensors
Cooling Fans
Temperatures
temp1 35.00°C
Voltage Values
ACPI Thermal Zone
THRM 40°C
Input Devices
Input Devices
Macintosh mouse button emulation
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
HID 1241:1166
PC Speaker
Power Button (FF)
Power Button (CM)
Sleep Button (CM)
Storage
IDE Disks
ST3120814A
WDC WD2500BB-22RDA0
SCSI Disks
ATA WDC WD3200AAKS-0
LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1S
Generic STORAGE DEVICE