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compiz package

[intrepid] firefox dosn't draw pages correctly after clicking a link or switching tabs, when using compiz

Bug #269263 reported by Shawn vega on 2008-09-12

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #269904: Screen refresh problems with nvidia cards. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	compiz (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: compiz

sometimes when clicking a link in firefox, the page that you clicked the link on is still displayed. But if you move your mouse any links from the new page will become visible; or if you scroll or click the page it will show up correctly.
this also happens sometimes when switching tabs.
this also sometimes happens when scrolling to the top of a page.
this only happens with compiz enabled; if you disable compiz it works perfectly.

Ubuntu intrepid ibex 8.10 Alpha 5 (development branch)
Linux intrepid-laptop 2.6.27-3-generic #1 SMP Wed Sep 10 16:02:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
Package: compiz
Version: 1:0.7.7+git20080807-0ubuntu6

See original description

Shawn vega (svega85-gmail) on 2008-09-12

description:

updated

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Silviu Julean (sjulean) wrote on 2008-09-13:

I can confirm this bug on Intrepid, at least while using the restricted nvidia drivers.

Shawn vega (svega85-gmail) on 2008-09-13

Changed in compiz:
status:	New → Confirmed

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Martin Arver (martin-arver) wrote on 2008-09-13:

screenshots.zip Edit (178.9 KiB, application/zip)

I can also confirm this as described by the original bug-reporter. This is however not only the case with firefox. Other applications like the "login window"-application (System->administration->Login window) also behave similar. If i switch between tabs, some part of the content in the new tab is rendered, but the tab itself is highlighted on the last one i visited. A new click, or alt-tab will trigger a complete render of the windowcontent and is then shown properly.
I didn't experience this before 10th of september.
I'll be happy to provide more info if that is needed. I have added some screenshots of the behaviour.

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Shawn vega (svega85-gmail) wrote on 2008-09-14:

your right, i never noticed it till now but Login window does have similar behaviour.