On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 12:31 AM, Dmitry Shachnev <mity...@gmail.com> wrote: > @Sam: >>Ah, I can see this one. Thanks. It's a different issue to the *actual* >>invisible window bug (might be worth filing a separate bug over this) but I >>know what's going on, thanks for that. > > Most duplicates of this bug are about unclickable areas, and for most > people the unclickable area is Alt-Tab switcher. Should I really report > a new bug about the switcher?
There already is one, see 789580. And I've just fixed it now :) > > Also, I attach my xwininfo for that. > > ** Attachment added: "XWinInfo for the invisible Alt-Tab switcher" > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/709461/+attachment/2149254/+files/alt-tab.xwininfo > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a bug assignee. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/709461 > > Title: > Application windows can sometimes fail to display and will mask > regions of the screen > > Status in Unity: > Triaged > Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > Status in “compiz” source package in Natty: > Triaged > Status in “unity” source package in Natty: > Triaged > Status in “compiz” package in Fedora: > New > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: unity > > On 2 separate machines w/ updated as of 1/28 - > > On rare occasions a window will open in the top left corner with top deco > buried. The most likely for this to happen is a utility window like update > manager. > After pulling back down into the desktop (Alt+click) it may or may not show > some graphical distortion (window split in 2 parts), if so it returns to > normal if opening any other window. > > What does appear to happen is an invisible window is created in the > area where it was pulled down to, this only happens on the current > workspace, any others are unaffected > > Attached xwininfo - first shows on affected workspace, 2nd when > switching to another and clicking in same spot > > Note that this does not always happen, I'm thinking the 'buried' > window may need to show some distorttion, not sure yet > > ### IMPORTANT ### > This can cause the central area of the screen (where the Alt-Tab switcher is > drawn) to be unclickable. This also happens on Classic desktop. > > ### REPRODUCTION STEPS (thanks to glennric) ### > 1. Log in > 2. Open a terminal and move it away from the center of the screen where the > switcher will appear. Make sure that it still has focus. > 3. Hold down Alt-Tab to activate and show the switcher. Sometimes you need > to call the switcher twice. > 4. While the switcher is still visible move the mouse to a point right above > the very bottom of the gray switcher window (it should be window titles area, > not thumbnails area, within 1-5 pixels of the bottom is sufficient) > 5. Click there. You will see that the desktop does not take focus, and the > terminal window still has focus. If you run xwininfo you can click at that > location and you will see information about a window that you can't see, and > that is definitely not the background nautilus window. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 > Package: unity 3.2.16-0ubuntu1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-1.27-generic 2.6.38-rc2 > Uname: Linux 2.6.38-1-generic i686 > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia > .proc.driver.nvidia.version: > NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 173.14.28 Wed Sep 29 09:47:25 > PDT 2010 > GCC version: gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-2ubuntu1) > Architecture: i386 > Date: Fri Jan 28 14:36:27 2011 > DistUpgraded: Fresh install > DistroCodename: natty > DistroVariant: ubuntu > DkmsStatus: > nvidia-current, 260.19.29, 2.6.37-12-generic, i686: installed > nvidia-current, 260.19.29, 2.6.38-1-generic, i686: installed > nvidia-173, 173.14.28, 2.6.37-12-generic, i686: installed > nvidia-173, 173.14.28, 2.6.38-1-generic, i686: installed > GraphicsCard: Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0209] > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110120) > InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110120) > MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS M1330 > ProcEnviron: > LANGUAGE=en_US:en > PATH=(custom, user) > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-1-generic > root=UUID=28d68c1b-9e85-45a3-9ec2-ad4f992ba387 ro > ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-1.27-generic 2.6.38-rc2 > SourcePackage: unity > dmi.bios.date: 12/26/2008 > dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. > dmi.bios.version: A15 > dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. > dmi.chassis.type: 8 > dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA15:bd12/26/2008:svnDellInc.:pnXPSM1330:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: > dmi.product.name: XPS M1330 > dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. > version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu3 > version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10-1ubuntu1 > version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A > version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu8 > version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati > 1:6.13.2+git20110124.fadee040-0ubuntu1 > version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-1ubuntu2 > version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau > 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu1 > -- Sam Spilsbury -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/709461 Title: Application windows can sometimes fail to display and will mask regions of the screen -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
