Launcher - tooltips text garbled after a while

[BertN45]

After some while the balloon with the text of the unity launcher gets grabled. Reboot solves the problem for a couple of hours..

see attached screenshot

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.8.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic-pae 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic-pae i686
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Fri Apr 6 12:40:26 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120201.2)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq dc7100 CMT(PP480US)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-22-generic-pae root=UUID=af8c719f-9a9c-473f-881e-d9aad93d6765 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/16/2004
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 786C1 v01.05
dmi.board.name: 0968h
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 2UA5310HC5
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr786C1v01.05:bd06/16/2004:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaqdc7100CMT(PP480US):pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn0968h:rvr:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct6:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP Compaq dc7100 CMT(PP480US)
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.4-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report, do you have steps to trigger the issue? Does it happen when opening lot of applications at the same time? It seems a bit like bug #985539

[Ronald (rhp-dse)]

I'm experiencing the same problems. For me it happens more frequently (after 15 minutes max.) and not only in the text balloons.
Also the desktop background and applications get garbeled.
Could be a bug in the intel X driver, I also have an integrated Intel Graphics driver.

[ 19.101] (II) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) 945G
[ 19.101] (--) intel(0): Chipset: "945G"

[Andy Braben (abraben)]

I am also experiencing the three problems, wallpaper, icons and text baloons after a period of time, which varies between about 15 minutes or four hours.. Eventually hitting the dash key with keyboard or mouse will just lock the desktop up completely, There is then no way to save anything or shut down applications neatly.

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL Memory Controller Hub (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 04)

[Ronald (rhp-dse)]

A sure way to reproduce:
* reboot
* fire up firefox
* open e.g. http://www.tcmag.com/magazine/pix_dump_49/

A lot of the images will be garbeled, and now also the desktop UI has problems here and there.

[Tyrell J. Yoder (toadies74)]

My is the same is there any solution to the problem yet. I made it better by changing the screen resolution to 1024x768, but still did not fix it completely.

[Andy Braben (abraben)]

I still have the same problem and desperately looking for a resolution.
On 4 Aug 2012 20:10, "Tyrell J. Yoder" <email address hidden> wrote:

> My is the same is there any solution to the problem yet. I made it
> better by changing the screen resolution to 1024x768, but still did not
> fix it completely.
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[jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount)]

Hi, this bug is indeed looking to be a duplicate of bug 985539. In order to expedite the process I'm going to merge the two together. Thanks for the bug report!