Comment 31 for bug 770283

On Fri, 3 Feb 2012, Daniel van Vugt wrote:

> Sam, your assessment suggests this is purely an fglrx bug. But comment
> #10 at least states that it happens with the open source radeon driver
> too. If that's true then it sounds like too much of a coincidence to be
> a driver bug.
>

Its a bug that I've seen happen on and off on different drivers. It used
to be a problem on intel and nouveau but isn't anymore.

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> Title:
> [fglrx]title bar does not update on non-maximized windows
>
> Status in Compiz Core:
> Confirmed
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
> Invalid
> Status in Unity:
> Confirmed
> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in “fglrx-installer” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in “compiz” package in openSUSE:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: unity
>
> I previously reported this as
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/768860. Further
> investigation on my part suggests the issue is with unity-window-
> decorator.
>
> The title bar is not updated on non-maximized windows unless the
> decorator is forced to redraw the title bar--usually on losing focus.
> I have confirmed this with GNOME-Terminal, GIMP, Firefox, and Geeqie.
>
> To reproduce:
> GIMP: Open a file. Modify it. Unless you switched to the Toolbox window, the image name doesn't get a prepended "*" to indicate the file has changed. Save it with CTRL-S. The "*" will not disappear until the window loses focus.
>
> Firefox: Open sites on multiple tabs. Switch between tabs as often as
> you like. The title bar text will not change unless the window loses
> focus. Maximize the Firefox window. Switch between tabs. The global
> menu title bar text will now change with each tab.
>
> GNOME-Terminal: Open a terminal. Change directories. Notice that the
> directory shown in the title bar does not match what is reported by
> `pwd`.
>
> Geeqie: Go to a directory with images. The title bar should change to
> show the name of each image as its displayed. Now maximize the window.
> The "title bar" text changes as each image is selected.
>
> For further testing, I chmod'ed /usr/bin/unity-window-decorator and
> restarted compiz-decorator to force the use of gtk-window-decorator.
> All title bars behaved normally (although I lost the rest of the unity
> interface).
>
> Personally, I find this bug to be a show-stopper. I've been using the
> Unity interface for a week and this is one of the two issues that
> would keep me using the "classic" GNOME interface instead of Unity.
>
> This may be a duplicate of
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/768356 but I was unable to
> append any comments to that bug. That report was also specific to
> Firefox, which I think is a bit misleading since the issue affects all
> applications which provide feedback via the title bar.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: unity 3.8.10-0ubuntu2
> 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,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
> CompositorRunning: compiz
> Date: Mon Apr 25 08:33:15 2011
> DistUpgraded: Fresh install
> DistroCodename: natty
> DistroVariant: ubuntu
> GraphicsCard:
> ATI Technologies Inc RS880 [Radeon HD 4200] [1002:9710] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2ab1]
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
> InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
> InstallationMedia__: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
> InstallationMedia___: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
> JockeyStatus: xorg:fglrx - ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
> MachineType: Hewlett-Packard p6774y
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_US:en
> LC_COLLATE=C
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=88b4c27c-1d88-43f6-9c45-807f05989dca ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
> ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
> ProcVersionSignature__: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
> ProcVersionSignature___: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
> Renderer: Unknown
> SourcePackage: unity
> UdevDb: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> dmi.bios.date: 09/07/2010
> dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: 6.04
> dmi.board.name: 2AB1
> dmi.board.vendor: FOXCONN
> dmi.board.version: 1.00
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 4CE10215JX
> dmi.chassis.type: 3
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
> dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr6.04:bd09/07/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnp6774y:pvr:rvnFOXCONN:rn2AB1:rvr1.00:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct3:cvr:
> dmi.product.name: p6774y
> dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
> version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2
> 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
> version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7
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