Comment 4 for bug 800495

fglrx problem. i switched to open src radeon, but that comes with its own
****load of problems (like crashes and slower)

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 3:03 AM, Thijs van Dijk
<email address hidden>wrote:

> Perhaps, but as the problem disappears when you use Metacity, it's more
> likely a problem in compiz.
> This bug also seems related to bug 666501.
>
> ** Package changed: ubuntu => compiz (Ubuntu)
>
> ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Confirmed
>
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> Title:
> Title bars not changing state properly
>
> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> When I open a window, it may appear unselected even though it is
> active. In other cases, if I click away, the window stays selected.
> This only happens with certain windows and with Compiz instead of
> Metacity. I reinstalled completely just because of this and added some
> packages, rebooted, and the problem appeared AGAIN. Possible
> candidates are Armagetron Advanced, Supertux, Supertuxkart,
> Stellarium, ALSA Mixer, XPenguins and the applet, and CCSM. Indirect
> rendering makes no difference, but window border themes that would
> normally have window icons at left are unaffected. For example,
> ambiance titlebars are OK, but not Clearlooks, even if the buttons are
> actually at left.The actual theme used makes no difference, only the
> title bar style.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
> Architecture: amd64
> CompizPlugins:
> [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,snap,resize,shift,regex,vpswitch,mousepoll,imgpng,move,grid,animation,thumbnail,place,gnomecompat,expo,wall,ezoom,workarounds,session,staticswitcher,fade,scale]
> CompositorRunning: compiz
> Date: Tue Jun 21 16:51:59 2011
> DistUpgraded: Fresh install
> DistroCodename: natty
> DistroVariant: ubuntu
> DkmsStatus: fglrx, 8.840, 2.6.38-8-generic, x86_64: installed
> GraphicsCard: ATI Technologies Inc Cedar PRO [Radeon HD 5450] [1002:68f9]
> (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64
> (20110427.1)
> JockeyStatus: xorg:fglrx - ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver
> (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
> MachineType: BIOSTAR Group A770E3
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_US:en
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic
> root=UUID=2928ce74-2ce8-4d93-a731-f541ad83e19b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
> Renderer: Unknown
> SourcePackage: xorg
> Symptom: display
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> dmi.bios.date: 11/19/2009
> dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: 080014
> dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> dmi.board.name: A770E3
> dmi.board.vendor: BIOSTAR Group
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: None
> dmi.chassis.type: 3
> dmi.chassis.vendor: BIOSTAR Group
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080014:bd11/19/2009:svnBIOSTARGroup:pnA770E3:pvr:rvnBIOSTARGroup:rnA770E3:rvr:cvnBIOSTARGroup:ct3:cvr:
> dmi.product.name: A770E3
> dmi.sys.vendor: BIOSTAR Group
> version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110606-0ubuntu1~natty1
> version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
> version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu13
> version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
> version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
> version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
> version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
> version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7.1
> version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7
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