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windows restored from launcher is blank

Bug #970140 reported by Janne Kurri on 2012-03-31

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #729979: [nvidia] Windows appear blank white. Edit Remove

This bug affects 10 people

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

Bug Description

1. launch firefox, maximize window
2. click minimize button
3. click firefox on launcher to restore window

It's blank, all white. Happens consistently, and not just to me (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1949473).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.8.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic-pae 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,resize,place,move,vpswitch,mousepoll,grid,snap,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,regex,wall,unitymtgrabhandles,animation,expo,fade,workarounds,ezoom,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Sat Mar 31 18:25:27 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 295.33, 3.2.0-20-generic-pae, i686: installed
GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation G92 [GeForce 9800 GTX+] [10de:0613] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120301)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-20-generic-pae root=UUID=aca57ba7-1722-477d-a52b-003b106abf86 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
XorgConf:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Default Device"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection
dmi.bios.date: 04/29/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.bios.version: EV91510A.86A.0444.2005.0429.2108
dmi.board.name: D915GAG
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: AAC64123-501
dmi.chassis.type: 2
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrEV91510A.86A.0444.2005.0429.2108:bd04/29/2005:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnD915GAG:rvrAAC64123-501:cvn:ct2:cvr:
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.2-0ubuntu4
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu3
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu8
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1
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
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

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Janne Kurri (janne-kurri) wrote on 2012-03-31:

Screenshot from 2012-03-31 18:29:03.png Edit (34.4 KiB, image/png)
.proc.driver.nvidia.params.txt Edit (455 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
.proc.driver.nvidia.version.txt Edit (144 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (55.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootLog.gz Edit (298 bytes, application/x-gzip)
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (4.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (6.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgLog.txt Edit (2.3 MiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (36.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JockeyStatus.txt Edit (211 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmLog.txt Edit (2.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (13.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (390 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
MonitorsUser.xml.txt Edit (603 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (101.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (227.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UnitySupportTest.txt Edit (591 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (22.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (23.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (15.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
dmidecode.txt.txt Edit (21.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
locale.txt Edit (327 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
nvidia-settings.txt Edit (214.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
peripherals.txt Edit (528 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (233 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (22.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xinput.txt Edit (603 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (59.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-04-01:

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

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Janne Kurri (janne-kurri) wrote on 2012-04-01:

I only mention firefox in the description, but it happens with any other program as well, nautilus, rhythmbox, gedit, and so on.

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palimmo (palimmo) wrote on 2012-04-04:

Same problem.
Nvidia G105M, Ubuntu 12.04 beta2 64 bit.

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