Hello, I'm getting quite frustrated that we cannot get this patch into Compiz proper due to the silly licensing issue. So what I have done is create a Compiz PPA that includes the attached patch. The PPA can be found here: https://launchpad.net/~townsend/+archive/compiz-nvidia-refresh-test
This PPA has packages for Precise, Trusty, and Utopic. Could people who are affected by this try out the packages for those Ubuntu releases and report back on whether the issue is resolved or not? I'd really like to get a feel if this is a good fix and if so, try to put pressure on the parties in play to get this included in Compiz. Thanks in advance everyone! I look forward to your feedback. p.s.- I think this is a duplicate of bug #269904, but I'll wait on feedback before duplicating this bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse Status in Compiz: Triaged Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Nvidia 334.21 makes the UI jearky, googled and found this on Nvidia forums: "This looks like a problem caused by the system compositor not properly waiting for X rendering to finish before performing OpenGL rendering in response. The GL_EXT_x11_sync_object extension was designed to solve this problem, but it looks like cogl (the back-end library used by GNOME's compositor) doesn't use it yet. " more details: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/690704/linux/-334-16-parts-of-the-ui-randomly-flicker-when-moving-the-mouse/post/4128101/#4128101 --- .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] É uma directoria: u'/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 331.38 Wed Jan 8 19:32:30 PST 2014 GCC version: gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-16ubuntu6) .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1 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 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: bbswitch, 0.7, 3.13.0-16-generic, x86_64: installedError! Could not locate dkms.conf file. File: does not exist. nvidia-331-updates, 331.38, 3.13.0-16-generic, x86_64: installed GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GF106 [GeForce GTS 450] [10de:0dc4] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:34fe] InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-03 (4 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140224) MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140305-0ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: all ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-16-generic root=UUID=d2c3632d-4280-4961-91c8-0b7d3fe95be1 ro quiet splash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-16.36-generic 3.13.5 Tags: trusty trusty possible-manual-nvidia-install ubuntu single-occurrence reproducible compiz-0.9 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-16-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 06/17/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0620 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P5QL-ASUS-SE dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0620:bd06/17/2010:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5QL-ASUS-SE:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140305-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.0~rc3-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.0~rc3-0ubuntu3 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.0-1ubuntu6 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Fri Mar 7 10:50:58 2014 xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.15.0-1ubuntu6 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/1288747/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp