Desktop drawn with offset

[Hernando Torque]

After recent updates, the desktop is drawn with an offset to the right/down. Windows can be moved over that offset area though (but will leave traces). See attached screenshot.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.20.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,snap,place,vpswitch,grid,compiztoolbox,move,mousepoll,session,regex,imgpng,resize,gnomecompat,unitymtgrabhandles,animation,wall,workarounds,expo,fade,scale,ezoom,unityshell]
Date: Thu Sep 29 22:22:27 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110901)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Hernando Torque (htorque)]

Less chaotic screenshot. ;-)

[Danerd (danee)]

I hope we will get a update soon. :/ Same problem here too.

[Nicolás Abel Carbone (nicocarbone)]

I am having the same problem after the update to Unity 4.20. I reported bug #862754 with all the details about my config before seeing this bug report.
Please consider this a critical bug.

[Hernando Torque (htorque)]

Note, this is also happening in Unity 2D, but I don't know which package to assign to this bug - maybe Nautilus?

[Bowmore (bowmore)]

Downgraded Unity3D to 4.18.0 and it works again so I guess it's not a Nautilus issue.

[Doug McMahon (mc3man)]

See the same on a brand new install using 09/28 image fully updated
Just to note that in this case unity-2d is unaffected

[Hernando Torque (htorque)]

Sorry, I was indeed running Unity. Who made Unity 2D look almost exactly like Unity? :P

[Shanekpiper (shanekpiper)]

I too get the error... thank god for unity 2d ;-/

[Robert (cynicist)]

It's even easier to see the issue in the workspace switcher. I hope this is resolved soon.

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Try this workaround:
1. pkill nautilus
2. Open your file manager and close it

[bgb1122 (saunders-bart)]

"Try this workaround:
1. pkill nautilus
2. Open your file manager and close it"

This workaround worked for me. Thanks!

[Jared (jared-vanvolkenburg)]

I just reported this in Bug #862935 see my screen shots attached.
Also the first reboot after the latest update caused numerous crashes and error messages to be reported. I had to just shut down and start again to get logged in successfully.

It seemed like a catastrophic update.

[Jared (jared-vanvolkenburg)]

with 'ghost images' and no screen refresh.

[Vince Pale (panicgrip)]

Worked for me too.

 #12
Try this workaround:
1. pkill nautilus
2. Open your file manager and close it

Thank you Jeremy Bicha (jbicha)!

[Aslam Muhammad (aslamckra)]

   Try this workaround:
   1. pkill nautilus
   2. Open your file manager and close it

this works perfectly until you logout, login again will get the desktop with offsetting.

my other users doesn't affected by this bug, creating a new userid may solve the problem too (just another workaround)

[actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666)]

Affected here too. 32bit Oneiric + Unity desktop. Leaves kind of 'ghost' apps. Will investigate further

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 4.20.0-0ubuntu2

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unity (4.20.0-0ubuntu2) oneiric; urgency=low

  * Merge trunk:
    - Desktop drawn with offset (LP: #862743)
 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:30:20 +0200

[Mac (andrew-xiion)]

"Jeremy Bicha (jbicha) wrote 4 hours ago:
 Try this workaround:
   1. pkill nautilus
   2. Open your file manager and close it"

Thank you, works for me too!!!

[Swâmi Petaramesh (swami-petaramesh)]

Workaround worked for me too !

[Swâmi Petaramesh (swami-petaramesh)]

...But after reboot and login, the problem wa back (and the workaround had to be applied again).

[Abhay Jayant Kadam (abhaykadam88)]

I, too, get this error.

[kikl (kilian-klaiber)]

I tried the workaround and it worked for me too until I rebooted. I hope you get this fixed prior to release since the desktop is the first thing you see. All the best and keep up the great work!

[pablomme (pablomme)]

Fixed with the latest updates, thanks.

[Bilal Shahid (s9iper1)]

i have updated my system and than i restart my system but when i login the background was black and i changed it from the background setting.
I restart again my system after this the background was of this type (see ecreen shot) and it fix when we run this command in the terminal.

"nautilus -q"

[Davide Cavestro (d-cavestro)]

I confirm latest unity updates fixed the problem even on my asus eeepc.

[Giordano Battilana (jordan83)]

Solved on my laptop too. Thanks!

[Bilal Shahid (s9iper1)]

I confirm this too that the latest updates have solve this problem with my IBM laptop thanks!

[Bart Willemsen (b-willemsen8)]

Yup.. latest update fixed this problem for me too. Thanks! :D

[Weitian Leung (timxx)]

good news! latest update fixed this problem

[Max Liebkies (mliebkies)]

That fixed the problem but directly after rebooting I now have this other strange issue. See the attached screenshot. It seems to me like unity does not get started but only nautilus does.
I switched to Unity2D for the moment.

[Bilal Shahid (s9iper1)]

@ Max Liebkies you are right.
  yes i have also seen this type of issue after the updates,

[Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb)]

That’s a different issue, please file a new bug report. In any case,
have you tried to right click > Organize desktop by name?

2011/10/1 Max Liebkies <email address hidden>:
> That fixed the problem but directly after rebooting I now have this other strange issue. See the attached screenshot. It seems to me like unity does not get started but only nautilus does.
> I switched to Unity2D for the moment.
>
> ** Attachment added: "Screenshot"
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/862743/+attachment/2491079/+files/Screenshot%20at%202011-10-01%2011%3A56%3A23.png

[Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb)]

Forgive my last comment, but in any case, if you still are faceing that ptoblem, file a new bug.