Ubuntu
compiz package

Menus appear empty (only shadow)

Bug #948059 reported by Tony Espy
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Bug Description

Cascading application menus are sometime rendered such that they're hidden behind parent menus.

This was initially seen with xchat-gnome when initiating a "private chat" from the user menu ( right-click -> private chat ).

I've also seen this same issue recently in chromium-browser when creating a bookmark and selecting the Folder drop-down box.

I haven't seen the corruption that's shown in the earlier screenshots for chromium-browser and software-center for quite some time now. What I'm seeing now can be seen in the screen shots in comments #4 and #12.
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.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
DistUpgraded: 2012-03-03 12:29:05,682 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: precise
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 vboxhost, 4.1.20, 3.2.0-29-generic-pae, i686: installed
 vboxhost, 4.1.20, 3.2.0-30-generic-pae, i686: installed
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:21c1]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
MachineType: LENOVO 2901CTO
Package: compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1.4
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-30-generic-pae root=UUID=b154a7ff-6a2a-4dae-804d-0e17319a3cec ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-30.48-generic-pae 3.2.27
Tags: precise running-unity precise running-unity ubuntu compiz-0.9
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-30-generic-pae i686
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-03 (187 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 04/25/2012
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dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6UET69WW(1.49):bd04/25/2012:svnLENOVO:pn2901CTO:pvrThinkPadT410s:rvnLENOVO:rn2901CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 2901CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T410s
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1.4
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version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.3+8.0.2-0ubuntu3.2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.3+8.0.2-0ubuntu3.2
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1.2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

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Tony Espy (awe) wrote :
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Rick Spencer (rick-rickspencer3) wrote :

Please note that chromium is community developed/supported software, and is tightly controlled by Google. A linked bug in their database would be useful as well.

Changed in chromium-browser (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
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Tony Espy (awe) wrote :

Turns out this is not restricted to chromium browser. I've seen corruption with Software Center right-click menus as well ( see attached png ).

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Tony Espy (awe) wrote :

XChat-gnome exhibits a similar, yet slightly different problem. If I click on the users button, and then right-click to start a private chat, the sub-menu sometime is displayed behind the user's widget ( not sure this is really a menu ). I've also attached a screenshot for this.

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Tony Espy (awe) wrote :

Note, I'm currently running compiz version:

1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu5

...and I've noticed that there's a new version in the repository, however it's a partial upgrade scenario, so I'm hesitant to upgrade compiz without further instruction(s).

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Tony Espy (awe) wrote :

After a dist-upgrade this morning, the problem appears to have been resolved across all applications mentioned above.

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Tony Espy (awe) wrote :

OK, I just hit it again... this time with Eclipse, so the issue is *not* fixed, just reduced in frequency. I unfortunately couldn't grab a screen shot this time around. If I can reproduce again, I will attach to the bug. Note, the symptom was the first described ( i.e. menu window painted, but no menu items rendered ).

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in chromium-browser (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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wvengen (wvengen) wrote :

Having the same issue using gnome-shell, but only seen with Chromium. I my case the menu does not disappear anymore until Chromium is killed.

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wvengen (wvengen) wrote :

see also bug #793836

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Tony Espy (awe) wrote :

Still seeing the problem with xchat-gnome on an updated 12.04 system occasionally. This usually happens when trying to initiate a private chat with someone. I will try and grab a screen-shot the next time it happens.

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Tony Espy (awe) wrote :

Same problem just occurred with chromium-browser ( see attached screenshot ).

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ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl) wrote : Re: [Bug 948059] Re: Right-click text menu ( Cut/Copy/Paste/...) sometimes rendered blank or missing items

How is xchat-gnome related? Are you saying you have the bug in chromium and
it? This suggests a bug in a larger package (openbox) or an additional bug
in xchat-gnome. What other packages does this happen with? Are there ones
it never happens with? Can you repeatedly recreate this with either package?

Tim Penhey (thumper)
affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) → compiz (Ubuntu)
Tony Espy (awe)
summary: - Right-click text menu ( Cut/Copy/Paste/...) sometimes rendered blank or
- missing items
+ Application menus sometimes rendered hidden
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Tony Espy (awe) wrote : BootDmesg.txt

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description: updated
tags: added: apport-collected compiz-0.9 precise running-unity ubuntu
description: updated
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Tony Espy (awe) wrote : BootLog.gz

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Tony Espy (awe) wrote : CurrentDmesg.txt

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Tony Espy (awe) wrote : Dependencies.txt

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Tony Espy (awe) wrote : GconfCompiz.txt

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Tony Espy (awe) wrote : LightdmLog.txt

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Tony Espy (awe) wrote : UnitySupportTest.txt

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Tony Espy (awe) wrote : XorgLog.txt

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote : Re: Application menus sometimes rendered hidden

This was bug 931473, bug apparently not fully fixed. I think I've seen this happen once at least.

summary: - Application menus sometimes rendered hidden
+ Menus appear empty (only shadow)
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Tony Espy (awe) wrote :

I'm not sure it's the same bug. Currently I'm always seeing the menu rendered beneath the parent window per the attached screen shots ( comment #2 and #12 ). The bug as originally reported was more consistent with bug #931473.

One last comment... the problem seems to occur intermittently. I suspended my machine last night, and today I can't seem to reproduce with chromium-browser ( bookmark ) nor xchat-gnome ( private-chat ).

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Tony Espy (awe) wrote :

Running 13.04 now, I'm still seeing this bug quite frequently using chromium-browser and xchat-gnome as previously reported.

Bug #931473 is marked FixReleased as of compiz 0.9.7.0. 13.10 includes compiz 1:0.9.9~daily13.04.18.1~13.04-0ubuntu1.

Still quite broken, and still quite frustrating.

Please let me know if I can provide anymore debug info.

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MC Return (mc-return) wrote :

@awe:
Could you please test this PPA:
ppa:smspillaz/compiz-dev-raring

And report if the issue still occurs ?

Changed in compiz:
milestone: none → 0.9.11.0
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Tony Espy (awe) wrote :

Sure, thanks for the quick response!

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Tony Espy (awe) wrote :

OK, a bit of mud on my face. It seems I hadn't been pestered by update-manager for quite some time, so when I manually ran it, there was quite a large list of updates available. So for much for the "notify me weekly preference" ( but that's another problem ).

I'm quite happy to say that after the update, the problem *finally* seems to be resolved in chromium-browser and xchat-gnome. Awesome!!!

FYI, after the update my system now is running compiz: 1:0.9.9~daily13.06.19~13.04-0ubuntu1.

MC Return (mc-return)
Changed in compiz:
milestone: 0.9.11.0 → none
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Tony Espy (awe) wrote :

Sigh...

This is bug is now showing up on my system again. Same problem with both chrome and xchat-gnome. Right-click, and the newest menu doesn't show up on top and thus isn't very use-able. See comment #4 and comment #12 for screenshots.

I'm running raring, and have verified that it's fully up-to-date.

Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Released → New
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Tony Espy (awe) wrote :

FYI, I changed the status back to New until someone else can confirm...

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