Window manager reports incorrect coordinate positions (affecting e.g. WindowBuilder)

[Gustav]

WindowBuilder running in Ecilpse under Ubuntu 12.04, 13.04, 14.04, 15.04 with Unity or KDE has some display errors - maybe affected by this bug.

Please have a look at this bug report: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=417224.

In this bug report Eric, project leader of WindowBuilder, notes the following:

"This is caused by a bug in the Linux window manager you are using (it is reporting incorrect coordinate positions). It is not consistent across all window managers, distributions, or versions, so we know of no way to consistently work around the problem.

The recommended workaround for this is to use a different Linux distribution, version, or window manager. As you noted in your report, you get different results with different Linux distros which further highlights the lack of compatibility across Linux distros and versions. The fact that it appears to be working in one of the distros you tried suggests that the problem was fixed for that version and not the others. It happens to work fine in the Linux distros we have installed."

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-25.26-generic 3.19.8-ckt2
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-25-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Aug 3 09:06:04 2015
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: vivid
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 vboxhost, 5.0.0, 3.19.0-23-generic, x86_64: installed
 vboxhost, 5.0.0, 3.19.0-25-generic, x86_64: installed
DpkgLog:

ExtraDebuggingInterest: I just need to know a workaround
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics [8086:1616] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:5036]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-25 (8 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
MachineType: LENOVO 20BX0011GE
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-25-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=cb770a7d-ee7a-41cf-812b-1bc29b910aa2 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 05/21/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: JBET49WW (1.14 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 20BX0011GE
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: SDK0E50510 WIN
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: None
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrJBET49WW(1.14):bd05/21/2015:svnLENOVO:pn20BX0011GE:pvrThinkPadT450s:rvnLENOVO:rn20BX0011GE:rvrSDK0E50510WIN:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNone:
dmi.product.name: 20BX0011GE
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T450s
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.1+15.04.20150410.1-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.60-2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.5.2-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.5.2-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.5.0-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917-1~exp1ubuntu2.2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu2build1
xserver.bootTime: Sat Aug 1 07:46:19 2015
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
 product id 4925
 vendor AUO
xserver.version: 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3