Visual Tearing/Rendering Issues with Unity Launcher

Bug #737476 reported by dart
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Unity
Fix Released
Critical
Jay Taoko
unity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: unity

After updating to unity 3.6.6, the launcher sometimes fails to render itself properly which looks like like visual tearing. Hovering the pointer over the launcher restores it to original state and icons/quicklists are clickable. Move the pointer out again and the launcher goes bad.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.6.6-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.35-generic-pae 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,scale,session,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
DRM.card0.HDMI.A.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: On
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1366x768 1280x720 1152x768 1024x768 800x600 848x480 720x480 640x480
 edid-base64: AP///////wAw5GYCAAAAAAATAQOAIhN4CpRlm5tVliYPUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBEhtWeFAADjAgICQAWMIQAAAZEhtWeFAADjAgICQAWMIQAAAZAAAA/gAxSzBSMoAxNTZXSDIKAAAAAAD//////////wEBCiAgAHA=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: On
 modes:
 edid-base64:
Date: Fri Mar 18 16:54:14 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-03-12 03:10:01.977717
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 bcmwl, 5.100.82.38+bdcom, 2.6.38-6-generic-pae, i686: installed
 bcmwl, 5.100.82.38+bdcom, 2.6.38-7-generic-pae, i686: installed
GraphicsCard:
 ATI Technologies Inc M96 [Mobility Radeon HD 4650] [1002:9480] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0447]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110202)
InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110202)
InstallationMedia__: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110202)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron N5010
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
 LANG=en_IN
 LC_MESSAGES=en_IN.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-7-generic-pae root=UUID=59ed1fcb-b99f-4602-a12b-46832b522d49 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.35-generic-pae 2.6.38
ProcVersionSignature__: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.35-generic-pae 2.6.38
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-03-12 (6 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 10/19/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A09
dmi.board.name: 0FCVWR
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A09
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: A09
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA09:bd10/19/2010:svnDellInc.:pnInspironN5010:pvrA09:rvnDellInc.:rn0FCVWR:rvrA09:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA09:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron N5010
dmi.product.version: A09
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4-0ubuntu7
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.1-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6~3ubuntu11
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu5

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dart (dart-v85) wrote :
Neil J. Patel (njpatel)
Changed in unity:
assignee: nobody → Jay Taoko (jaytaoko)
importance: Undecided → Critical
milestone: none → 3.6.8
Alex Launi (alexlauni)
Changed in unity:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Jay Taoko (jaytaoko) wrote :

Related to #735920

Changed in unity:
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Changed in unity:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
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This bug was fixed in the package unity - 3.6.8-0ubuntu1

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unity (3.6.8-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - crash at the second drag and drop from an unity place (LP: #736704)
    - Compiz crashes with SIGSEGV in nux::GraphicsDisplay::GrabPointer when
      opening the Dash (LP: #737287)
    - Visual Tearing/Rendering Issues with Unity Launcher (LP: #737476)
    - unity-window-decorator crash on unity panel dragout (LP: #740480)
    - unity-panel-service crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_is_a()
      (LP: #694699)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in nux::BaseTexture::GetDeviceTexture()
      (LP: #692823)
    - the "no result" and "search the web" items need icons (LP: #711199)
    - Resizing with external padding/grab area prevents reaching edge of
      screen (LP: #710356)
    - drag and drop of launcher icons uses microscopic drag icon (LP: #727647)
    - text in places look squeezed (LP: #727799)
    - at-spi-registry consumes most of the CPU and make the system unusable on
      Natty (LP: #729827)
    - migrate_favorites.py crashed with GError in __main__: Bad key or
      directory name: "/desktop/unity/launcher/favorites/app-
      dc++.desktop/type": `+' is an invalid character in key/directory names
      (LP: #737016)
    - Launcher hide state is confusing (LP: #739850)
    - Polish new launcher hide state (part 2) (LP: #740020)
    - launcher icons should expan on super or when entering keynav
      (LP: #741319)
    - Launcher - Dragging a Launcher icon to the Trash should remove the icon
      (LP: #676466)
    - Launcher - Enable dragging and dropping of files & folders to Launcher
      icons (LP: #676549)
    - Dash - Add Dash group header mouseover effect (LP: #689640)
    - unity aborts when you plug in an external monitor (LP: #700757)
    - Keyboard-navigation: focus on launcher remembered (LP: #713340)
    - Launcher Quicklists should always contain the application title
      (LP: #723877)
    - When a maximized window has window on top of it in 'restored state' (not
      maximised) , it is not possible to un-maximized the window by dragging
      the title bar downwards (LP: #723882)
    - When windows open for the first time they should not hide the launcher
      (LP: #723878)
    - UI blocked when expanding a section with more than 2000 items
      (LP: #736059)
    - Change ALT-Tab to bring the target window to the front (LP: #736938)
    - compiz crashed with SIGABRT in __kernel_vsyscall() (LP: #737814)
    - Launcher does not respond to changes in icon theme (LP: #605475)
    - Implement new style scrollbars in Dash (LP: #608124)
    - Closing launcher menu raises window under mouse (LP: #728787)
    - adding url launcher support from the search (LP: #739038)
    - Launcher - Set Launcher 'Hide Animation' to 'Slide only' by default.
      Also introduce subtle fade in effect. (LP: #739567)
    - "Time & Date" settings appears in launcher with empty tooltip
      (LP: #740907)
    - ZeitgeistLog missing implementation of get_property for "connected"
      (LP: #734080)
    - often can't alt-click-dnd to move the focussed dialog (LP: #711911)
    - The Unity P...

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Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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