[Bug 729979] Re: [nvidia] Windows appear blank white
I've actually stopped using compiz (because of this bug and othera), but after reading Sam's blog about the very recent improvements (like fixing window moving, performance improvements) i decided to try the latest code (rev3530 lp:compiz). this bug still persists and through a conversation in the phoronix forum, i made a quick screencast (youtube) to post; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FNMTbFlTj4 obviously, it has been pointed out that at least some users see this bug is 'black' not white (in recent times). Anyway, the bug is 100% predictable (since i repeat exposing it a few times, easily), but since it ruins my workflow (ie: an app sometimes may be minimized) and since i use the scale plugin with my stylus (wacom), compiz becomes unusable, unless/without disabling minimize/unminimize animations, with the exception of 'fade' - i think(?)... @ alister : I have tested packages released in -main, -updates, -proposed, preview PPAs, and source builds. I have spent well over 1000 hours testing different compiz packages. I have been testing for this bug since I noticed it two days after installing 11.04. None of that matters (and sort of seems like a waste of time, imo), since the bug is in lp:compiz (and 0.9.7 branch before that, etc) which means it will be in ALL of those repos/packages... Maybe the fixes from comment #88 did help you, but THIS bug is still open aka: not fixed. anyway, apparently bzr does do bisecting, so if one was willing to put a boat load of effort in, you _might_ be able to find the regression. I may look at it over the holidays, we will see but i have a feeling it would be hard to find, as compiz seems to have been a bit of a rocky road in it's development. (i have a feeling git bisect is a better tool, as well, over bzr's bisect) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/729979 Title: [nvidia] Windows appear blank white To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/729979/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 729979] Re: [nvidia] Windows appear blank white
@Alistair You are experiencing a different bug than the one in this report - if you are not able to reliably reproduce the bug using the same steps that everyone else has ( including myself! and i can reproduce it every time! ). You should be opening a bug report of your own, since clearly all you are doing is making noise and causing a bit of confusion on this bug report ~ a bug which by your own admission you are unable to reproduce... You might want to list in your own report the distinction between yours and this report (that being that they both are causing blank windows, but you cannot actually reproduce *this bug* - as opposed to coming here and telling people who CAN produce it ~ they are experiencing a different bug). it's pretty obvious now, by your last few posts that your comments don't belong here, since you can't actually reproduce this bug reliably. anyway, thanks for posting as i forgot to unsubscribe from lp:compiz and all of my bug reports (yesterday). good luck to all of you in Ubuntuland, using compiz/unity,,, -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/729979 Title: [nvidia] Windows appear blank white To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/729979/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 729979] Re: [nvidia] Windows appear blank white
@Alistair. Fine it is a different bug (that i can reproduce EVERY single time, following the EXACT same instructions in this bug report - and the bug appears to be the exact same, with the exception of the blank windows appearing black - although they used to appear white (for the longest time, like a year - and if they had continued to be white - you wouldn't be claiming it's a different bug at all... but oh no, Alistair can't reproduce it - so that is the end of story :\ ). but i understand now, since you can't produce it - it is impossible for it to be the same bug in your mind...There couldn't be some other culprit making this slight difference, like different nvidia settings or a difference in hardware, etc... anyway, it doesn't matter anymore i am unsubscribing since in my mind, Compiz is dead (or close to being dead) and has become more and more unstable, less feature rich and bugs don't get fixed unless they affect OSS drivers or Unity (neither of which i use). plus, compiz can't even handle moving windows when using XBMC, nor (after all these years) can it draw windows in scale/expo without having badly aliased edges. it kills performance in some applications and isn't improving at the same rate as other compositingWMs, either. ...and like i said, I've switched to Cinnamon, now ~ which instantly fixed a myriad of problems that had been ongoing when using compiz. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/729979 Title: [nvidia] Windows appear blank white To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/729979/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 729979] Re: [nvidia] Windows appear blank white
@alistair I'd like to point out something that i have noticed in the last few days, that contradicts a previous statement of yours; It's not true to say this is entirely an nvidia bug. After all, this bug is a regression. It does not happen with any other compositing window manager, and it does not happen with compiz 0.8. While you claim this isn't an nvidia bug, i think you are probably wrong. Likewise saying it doesn't happen in any other compositing window manager is also wrong. I am easily able to produce blank windows in Cinnamon if i play with the maximizing animations (i can produce black windows during transitions, but once the animation finishes - you do end up seeing the window contents - unlike compiz). While it is true this is a regression in compiz and that 0.8 doesn't suffer from this problem - that doesn't by necessity mean that the bug purely compiz. it could just be that the old codebase hid the issue, or some other (similar) scenario. I do think this is at least in part a bug within the nvidia driver, that the OSS drivers do not have. anyway, I''ve decided to drop compiz (after many years of usage). Cinnamon is getting to a place where it is a suitable replacement, replicates enough of compiz' plugins / features and seems less buggy (in the few days that i have been using it steadily, built from git). cheerz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/729979 Title: [nvidia] Windows appear blank white To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/729979/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 729979] Re: [nvidia] Windows appear blank white
@Jan that is a very long-winded comment. You could have probably not mentioned half of that stuff and more accurately gotten to your point. On the issue of black-windows - it IS the exact same bug - *not a different one*. On some people's machines it used to appear white (like at the time of reporting this bug), but later became black - yet exhibits the 'exact' same behavior as this bug. I don't use Ubuntu, but i believe 12.04 should exhibit white-windows, while 12.10 + newer nvidia driver exhibits black - but somebody in Ubuntu land would need to varify that because i use Archlinux and vanilla compiz (as opposed to Unity). As a side note: I'm not feeling positive about this bug actually ever being fixed though. I heard SmSpillaz is no longer even working for Canonical (not that he is the only dev - but certainly a big contributor who is familiar with compiz' internals) and this bug report has had little to no progress in fixing it and has been open for a very long time (unfortunately). i guess we'll see what happens. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/729979 Title: [nvidia] Windows appear blank white To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/729979/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 729979] Re: [nvidia] Windows appear blank white
@Alistair development at compiz.org died quite a while ago... I don't think anyone is building the 0.9.x series from git at this point (and if i remember correctly, compiz 0.9.x is somewhat broken at git.compiz.org anyway.) - By vanilla i mean compiz built from the master branch, here @ lp:compiz. ie: 0.9.9 ~ No Unity. Common sense would dictate that i also wouldn't be reporting / participating in any bug reports (here on launchpad) if I was using 0.8, being as it has nothing to do with current compiz development. cheerz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/729979 Title: [nvidia] Windows appear blank white To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/729979/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 729979] Re: [nvidia] Windows appear blank white
@Niclus @ Alistair I am running the beta nvidia driver 310.14 - the bug still exists. In fact, i have run every nvidia driver leading upto the current beta, including all of the stable nvidia driver releases inbetween ~ they ALL exhibit the blank window problem, if you try to reproduce the problem. I also doubt they fixed anything specific to compiz, because their changelogs (for the driver) say nothing of the sort (and they would, if they a bug related to it). anyway, I again am hoping other people will make some noise over at the new nvidia forums. This is an nvidia bug which is probably why the compiz-devs haven't done anything about it and they probably don't want to have to implement some nvidia hack (even if they could, which i don't know) So we really need to make nvidia aware of the problem. cheerz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/729979 Title: [nvidia] Windows appear blank white To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/729979/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 729979] Re: [nvidia] Windows appear blank white
@ Matthias You are totally correct. This bug still exists. Clint may not be experiencing it, but 'vanilla-compiz' built yesterday, still exhibits this bug on my machine. As a side note, switching workspaces and then switching back to the workspace where the black windows was originally, also fixes the window contents. (so resizing/maximizing it isn't the only way(s) to fix it). It's interesting though, this bug has existed for a very long time and even with so many users affected, there seems to be no progress made on fixing it SO! in the hopes of maybe doing something about this ~ or at least getting the ball rolling, and maybe having someone from nvidia actually be aware of the problem, i have started a thread in the _new_ official nvidia forums. The new nvidia forum (for linux) is found here; https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/523298/linux/nvidia-driver- fails-to-draw-window-contents-properly-with-compiz-and-or-unity-white- or-black-window/ Could every single person following this bug report please head over there, sign up (for the nvidia forums) and add your voice to my thread over there, on this bug??? I have provided nVidia with a link to this bug report, so hopefully Plagman (or someone else from nvidia) will take some time to look into this (since it appears to be an nvidia bug) and hopefully fix it. thanks :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/729979 Title: [nvidia] Windows appear blank white To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/729979/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 729979] Re: [nvidia] Windows appear blank white
Sorry, i meant my bug report @ the new nvidia forum is there. the main page for the new linux nvidia forum is here: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/board/98/linux/ anyways, please do sign up and add your voice to my thread. cheerz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/729979 Title: [nvidia] Windows appear blank white To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/729979/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 729979] Re: [nvidia] Windows appear blank white
@quequotion I have been using that 302.17 since the day it was released (with clamping on - im pretty sure that is the default, now). in the one or two situations where i see a little white, it has no effect. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/729979 Title: [nvidia] Windows appear blank white To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/729979/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 729979] Re: [nvidia] Windows appear blank white
Out of curiosity, is anyone whom is affected by this bug NOT using Ubuntu? I ask because i can't produce this bug and I am an Nvidia user (302.11-beta) ... The only time i can produce white windows, is by messing with the shadow radius settings in the 'window decoration' plugin. Which i filed here; https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/991662 Although, the bug from my report is actually worse, only because you have to kill compiz and restart it to be able to use your desktop - it can easily be avoided, so it has less impact on actual usage (as long as you don't mess with shadow radius settings). I believe this window whiting may be tied into the window decoration somehow (ie: if you use compiz without a window decoration you won't get white windows at all. (i tried this out, a month or so ago, when white windows were an issue for me). I was at one point experiencing this (related/duplicate) bug; https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/976189 but i ended up being able to avoid it by not using a window decoration for maximized windows; !(state=maxvert state=maxhorz) Which also leads me to believe (although, i could be wrong) that may be this bug has something to do with window decorations, being as when i was experiencing bug 976189 undecorating maximized windows stopped them from appearing white. I do still notice (at least with Firefox) that menu's when closing (animation, in my case 'fade') do show some white for a split second, but other than this i can't produce white windows of any kind. NOTE: i do have a few nvidia driver (xorg) settings on my system, and am not sure if they would make a difference here or not; Option RegistryDwords PerfLevelSrc=0x Option NoLogo 1 Option TripleBuffer 1 Option DamageEvents 1 Option PixmapCacheSize 7 Option OnDemandVBlankInterrupts True the rest of my specs can be found on my LP page; https://launchpad.net/~triplesquarednine I've also attached my flat-file config for compiz ( i don't use gconf- backend ) cheerz ** Attachment added: Default.ini https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/729979/+attachment/3182255/+files/Default.ini -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/729979 Title: [nvidia] Windows appear blank white To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/729979/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 878516] Re: Restoring a grid-placed window by dragging the title bar downwards does not restore the original window width
@Daniel Sam Ah, that makes sense - i guess it wasn't a bad thing to mention then, if it caught a bug that could've potentially affected other bug report 'priorities' cheerz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/878516 Title: Restoring a grid-placed window by dragging the title bar downwards does not restore the original window width To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/878516/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 878516] Re: Restoring a grid-placed window by dragging the title bar downwards does not restore the original window width
@Sam why did you mark this bug from important 'high' to 'undecided'? (in compiz) is this something that isn't going to be addressed because it's been fixed in Ubuntu (only)? This bug has been around for months now, it didn't exist previously and is a pesky annoyance that actually makes grid a somewhat useless, buggy plugin... (ie: i used to use grid all the time, and now NEVER use it). It does cause a usability problem ~ shouldn't it be marked 'medium' at the very least? While i think it is great you guys have provided a fix in other branches that probably make it not affect Ubuntu. it certainly affects other people who are using compiz. cheerz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/878516 Title: Restoring a grid-placed window by dragging the title bar downwards does not restore the original window width To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/878516/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 919437] Re: Lost window, cannot get it back.
I'm not using Unity, and am using compiz with Arch(linux). I believe this bug is in compiz itself. I have a had time reproducing it, but compiz does lose windows, occasionally. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/919437 Title: Lost window, cannot get it back. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz-core/+bug/919437/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 579688] Re: Wobbling title bars leave a see-through gap
@Daniel This bug actually affects nearly all plugins / effects - from animation effects; such as zoom or glide 2, to things like windows in scale and expo too, here is a screenshot of expo; [url=http://ompldr.org/vZGtiZA][img]http://ompldr.org/tZGtiZA[/img][/url] I only point this out, because it is a bigger problem than just wobbly windows. In the case of expo, those ugly lines in the decoration change as you move the window ~ and clearly, it looks glitchy / shotty. I hope at some point you guys get a chance to try to find a proper solution to the bad lines around window decorations, that compiz produces. cheerz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579688 Title: Wobbling title bars leave a see-through gap To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz-core/+bug/579688/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 862430] Re: window flicker for a short time after switching workspaces
this bug also affects me, I've been meaning to add myself. With workspace-switching (CTRL+ALT+ARROW key) i don't notice it much, but when moving windows around in expo - from workspace to workspace, i get flickering. I hadn't used expo in quite some time, but obviously for now (until the bug is fixed) i've disabled expo. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/862430 Title: window flicker for a short time after switching workspaces To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz-core/+bug/862430/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 976189] Re: Maximizing a minimized window makes the window blank white
I'm affected by this bug. I also use Nvidia but am running Archlinux. This bug just appeared for me today or possibly last night. ** Also affects: compiz (Arch Linux) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/976189 Title: Maximizing a minimized window makes the window blank white To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz-core/+bug/976189/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 417301] Re: update-manager crashed with GError in __init__()
ya this error is onyl have fixed as of sept 1st updatesyesterday i couldn't open update manager while today it opened, however clicking on partial upgrade caused it to crash again..obviuosly though, it is the frontend as the command line works just fine.. -- update-manager crashed with GError in __init__() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/417301 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 290498] Re: linux-rt restricted to one CPU
hey everyone, i have installed the kernel realtime dutchman has provided the link to, and it solved alll of my issues.. mainly the fact that my cpu's weren't being handled properly and i had the IOWAIT issue that was sucking up my cpu. thank you so much! i am running a fairly custom setup not using ubuntu studio and i was having a hell of a time, getting past my problems. i haven't really put it under rigorous testing yet., but already a huge, very noticable difference.. But!! i still have one minor issue i am running a dell inspiron 6400, which uses a proprietary wireless driver, i haven't been able to get it working, which is a pain as i will need internet at some point of another in that kernel. any advice or help would be greatly appreciated, even just push me in the right direction! thanx again, and cheers! :) -- linux-rt restricted to one CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290498 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 290498] Re: linux-rt restricted to one CPU
one other quick note if someone knows the answer...??!? how do i set SOUND_CARD_IRQ...?as requested by - realTimeConfigQuickScan.pl it is the only parameter in this diagnostic that i don't have in order. i have scoured around the net to find an answer with no luck i realize this is a bit off topic, but maybe someone here could still provide me with an answer? thanx in advance -- linux-rt restricted to one CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290498 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
