Hey Christopher, Always a pleasure to contribute. I have switched over to nouveau, but since the issue occurs INconsistently I cannot immediately reproduce the bug condition. I'll most likely have to wait and watch for suspend-resume cycles to check if the bug gets reproduced .
Meanwhile there seems to be bug: title bar appearing transparent with nouveau as I have posted on bug tracker On Mon, Jun 13, 2016, 10:05 AM Christopher M. Penalver < christopher.m.penal...@gmail.com> wrote: > John Smith, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. > > To clarify, if you remove the nvidia drivers is this still reproducible? > > ** Tags added: latest-bios-a08 > > ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Medium > > ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1576228 > > Title: > Black borders around all windows > > Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > There seems to be a bug somewhere in [ kernel OR xorg OR nvidia > proprietary driver ] in the display stack. > After the laptop ( dell XPS L501X ) resumes from suspend there are wide > black borders around all windows with close/minimize/maximize buttons > blacked out. > > [ image attached: black border on all windows ] > > It occurs inconsistently, as it doesn't happen every time the computer > resumes. > ( Slight possibility that it usually occurs after long suspend, i.e. > resuming after long time ). > > ================================================================================= > > Also there seems to be certain amount of performance degradation as if > the graphics driver was running at half-strength ( and I don't mean > software-only rendering, neither do I mean switch over to nouveau open > source driver ) > > The "nVidia X Server Settings" app suggests its in maximum performance > mode. > > > ================================================================================== > > Adhoc Workaround: switch display layout ( I have an external > monitor/TV attached to HDMI port ) changing anything such as > arrangement or resolution of the displays, etcetera... corrects the > black border issue ( and also possibly performance issue ) > > This bug has been present in Ubuntu 14.04, 15.04, 15.10 and now in > 16.04 as well. ( It was probably present before that as well ) > > > ================================================================================== > > p.s. this is only partial duplicate of black border issue as the black > borders appear on every window, not just windows with new header bars > or client side decoration... > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 > Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6 > Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64 > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_modeset nvidia > .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.02.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: > '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:02:00.0' > .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" > .proc.driver.nvidia.version: > NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 361.42 Tue Mar 22 > 18:10:58 PDT 2016 > GCC version: gcc version 5.3.1 20160413 (Ubuntu 5.3.1-14ubuntu2) > .proc.driver.nvidia.warnings.fbdev: > Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console > on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver > requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console > drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in > corruption and stability problems, and is not supported. > .tmp.unity_support_test.0: > > ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 > Architecture: amd64 > BootLog: [ [0;32m OK [0m] Started LSB: Speech Dispatcher. > 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 > Date: Thu Apr 28 18:43:37 2016 > DistUpgraded: Fresh install > DistroCodename: xenial > DistroVariant: ubuntu > DkmsStatus: > bbswitch, 0.8, 4.4.0-21-generic, x86_64: installed > nvidia-361, 361.42, 4.4.0-21-generic, x86_64: installed > ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical > GraphicsCard: > NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [GeForce GT 435M] [10de:0df2] (rev a1) > (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) > Subsystem: Dell GF108M [GeForce GT 435M] [1028:046e] > InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-23 (4 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 > (20160420.1) > MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS L501X > ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-21-generic > root=UUID=f657e606-ac2a-49cd-9f3e-fca6a315338d ro rootflags=subvol=@ quiet > splash vt.handoff=7 > SourcePackage: xorg > Symptom: display > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > dmi.bios.date: 07/26/2011 > dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. > dmi.bios.version: A08 > dmi.board.name: 0J1VR3 > dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. > dmi.board.version: A08 > dmi.chassis.type: 8 > dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. > dmi.chassis.version: A08 > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA08:bd07/26/2011:svnDellInc.:pnXPSL501X:pvrA08:rvnDellInc.:rn0J1VR3:rvrA08:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA08: > dmi.product.name: XPS L501X > dmi.product.version: A08 > dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. > version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1 > version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A > version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1 > version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.2.0-1ubuntu2 > version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A > version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.2.0-1ubuntu2 > version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A > version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2 > version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev > 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2 > version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1 > version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel > 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1 > version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau > 1:1.0.12-1build2 > xserver.bootTime: Thu Apr 28 17:09:49 2016 > xserver.configfile: default > xserver.errors: > > xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log > xserver.outputs: > > xserver.version: 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2 > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1576228/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1576228 Title: Black borders around all windows To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1576228/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
