Comment 86 for bug 709461

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Cem Kocagil (ckocagil) wrote : Re: [Bug 709461] Re: Application windows can sometimes fail to display and will mask regions of the screen

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On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Cem Kocagil <email address hidden>wrote:

> a) No window appears on screen
> b) I get a "ghost region"
> c) I cannot alt-drag that "ghost region"
> d) (Attachment below)
>
> I encounter this bug almost on a daily basis. I cannot reproduce this
> bug by minimizing, it seems to happen at random - probably a race
> condition...
>
> I feel like the attached files do not contain enough information. Is
> there a debug/logging mode for compiz or any other way I can help you?
>
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> Title:
> Application windows can sometimes fail to display and will mask
> regions of the screen
>
> Status in Unity:
> Triaged
> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
> Status in “compiz” source package in Natty:
> Triaged
> Status in “unity” source package in Natty:
> Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: unity
>
> On 2 separate machines w/ updated as of 1/28 -
>
> On rare occasions a window will open in the top left corner with top deco
> buried. The most likely for this to happen is a utility window like update
> manager.
> After pulling back down into the desktop (Alt+click) it may or may not
> show some graphical distortion (window split in 2 parts), if so it returns
> to normal if opening any other window.
>
> What does appear to happen is an invisible window is created in the
> area where it was pulled down to, this only happens on the current
> workspace, any others are unaffected
>
> Attached xwininfo - first shows on affected workspace, 2nd when
> switching to another and clicking in same spot
>
> Note that this does not always happen, I'm thinking the 'buried'
> window may need to show some distorttion, not sure yet
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: unity 3.2.16-0ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-1.27-generic 2.6.38-rc2
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-1-generic i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> .proc.driver.nvidia.version:
> NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 173.14.28 Wed Sep 29
> 09:47:25 PDT 2010
> GCC version: gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-2ubuntu1)
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Fri Jan 28 14:36:27 2011
> DistUpgraded: Fresh install
> DistroCodename: natty
> DistroVariant: ubuntu
> DkmsStatus:
> nvidia-current, 260.19.29, 2.6.37-12-generic, i686: installed
> nvidia-current, 260.19.29, 2.6.38-1-generic, i686: installed
> nvidia-173, 173.14.28, 2.6.37-12-generic, i686: installed
> nvidia-173, 173.14.28, 2.6.38-1-generic, i686: installed
> GraphicsCard: Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0209]
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110120)
> InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110120)
> MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS M1330
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_US:en
> PATH=(custom, user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-1-generic
> root=UUID=28d68c1b-9e85-45a3-9ec2-ad4f992ba387 ro
> ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-1.27-generic 2.6.38-rc2
> SourcePackage: unity
> dmi.bios.date: 12/26/2008
> dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: A15
> dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.chassis.type: 8
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA15:bd12/26/2008:svnDellInc.:pnXPSM1330:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
> dmi.product.name: XPS M1330
> dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
> version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu3
> version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10-1ubuntu1
> version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
> version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu8
> version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati
> 1:6.13.2+git20110124.fadee040-0ubuntu1
> version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.14.0-1ubuntu2
> version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu1
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