Switching workspaces causes graphic issues

Bug #998168 reported by Erik S
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Bug Description

This problem occurs since my update from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 with Unity 5.12 and Compiz 0.9.7.8:

When I switch through my workspaces (6 workspaces: 2 rows with 3 destops) I can see for some milliseconds a window which is neither on the workspace switching from nor on the workspace switching to. But in the same row, when I switch horizontally.

Example:
Row 1:
Workspace 1: firefox
Workspace 2: //nothing
Workspace 3: thunderbird

Row 2:
Workspace 4: //nothing
Workspace 5: skype + empathy
Workspace 5: banshee

And now: When I switch from 1 to 2 I can see parts of the Thunderbird window but just for a very very short time. Thunderbird even appears on the 2. Workspace on the switcher preview (Desktop Wall plugin in Compiz) for a short moment...
Same for 2 -> 3; 4 -> 5; 5 -> 6 and the other way around. But not when I switch to another row (e.g: 1 -> 4)

I took some interesting screenshots. It seems like all windows switch to their left workspace for a millisecond... (see screenshot 2)
The windows and workspaces on the screenshots are equal to ones noted above.

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Erik S (ofenfisch) wrote :
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Erik S (ofenfisch) wrote :

Screenshot 2:

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Erik S (ofenfisch)
affects: unity → unity (Ubuntu)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Erik S (ofenfisch)
description: updated
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Erik S (ofenfisch) wrote :
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 862430, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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