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Title:
[fglrx] Title bar does not update on non-maximized windows
Status in Compiz:
Fix Released
Status in Compiz Core:
Fix Released
Status in Compiz Core 0.9.7 series:
Fix Released
Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
Invalid
Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in “compiz” source package in Precise:
Fix Released
Status in openSUSE:
Invalid
Bug description:
[Impact]
The following bug has high impact on all users using fglrx ATI drivers since
a long time. For every user using this proprietary driver the window
decorations will not update besides on window resize - which is very confusing,
since it's hard to know which window is currently focused, or what the correct
title of the window should be. This greatly impacts the Ubuntu user experience.
[Development Fix]
Since we are dealing with a driver problem (which has already been addressed
and is being analyzed with ATI), we decided on at least a workaround for this
problem. Since the bug is caused by changes to a Pixmap not being passed to the
underlying GLXPixmap (which happens for certain sizes and only certain
Pixmaps), we force the rebinding of the decorator pixmap on decoration damage
events.
This ensures that the underlying texture is modified when needed.
In order to workaround this problem, the compiz package was modified. The fix
is being proposed in version 1:0.9.7.6-0ubuntu2. An earlier version of the
package has also been tested by users from a local PPA (ppa:sil2100/ppa),
version 1:0.9.7.4-0ubuntu4~fglrxfix2.
[Stable Fix]
The stable version of the workaround has been already proposed as a distro
patch for the latest compiz package (lp:compiz).
[Test Case]
To reproduce the bug, an Radeon graphics card is required, as well as using
the proprietary fglrx driver:
- Open any number of applications
- Try switching focus between them
-> Most (or even all) windows do not change their window decorations (title
bar) to indicate which is currently focused
- Open a terminal
- Change the current directory
-> The title bar remains unchanged, even though it should indicate the
current working directory
For more test-cases, see original bug-description below.
[Regression Potential]
The introduced workaround fix has no potential regression possibilities. On
non-fglrx systems, there might be an really small, additional performance
footprint - since the texture is being rebound when not really needed. But it
has absolutely no impact on the user experience.
- Original description:
Binary package hint: unity
I previously reported this as
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/768860. Further
investigation on my part suggests the issue is with unity-window-
decorator.
The title bar is not updated on non-maximized windows unless the
decorator is forced to redraw the title bar--usually on losing focus.
I have confirmed this with GNOME-Terminal, GIMP, Firefox, and Geeqie.
To reproduce:
GIMP: Open a file. Modify it. Unless you switched to the Toolbox window, the
image name doesn't get a prepended "*" to indicate the file has changed. Save
it with CTRL-S. The "*" will not disappear until the window loses focus.
Firefox: Open sites on multiple tabs. Switch between tabs as often as
you like. The title bar text will not change unless the window loses
focus. Maximize the Firefox window. Switch between tabs. The global
menu title bar text will now change with each tab.
GNOME-Terminal: Open a terminal. Change directories. Notice that the
directory shown in the title bar does not match what is reported by
`pwd`.
Geeqie: Go to a directory with images. The title bar should change to
show the name of each image as its displayed. Now maximize the window.
The "title bar" text changes as each image is selected.
For further testing, I chmod'ed /usr/bin/unity-window-decorator and
restarted compiz-decorator to force the use of gtk-window-decorator.
All title bars behaved normally (although I lost the rest of the unity
interface).
Personally, I find this bug to be a show-stopper. I've been using the
Unity interface for a week and this is one of the two issues that
would keep me using the "classic" GNOME interface instead of Unity.
This may be a duplicate of
https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/768356 but I was unable to
append any comments to that bug. That report was also specific to
Firefox, which I think is a bit misleading since the issue affects all
applications which provide feedback via the title bar.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.8.10-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins:
[core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Mon Apr 25 08:33:15 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
ATI Technologies Inc RS880 [Radeon HD 4200] [1002:9710] (prog-if 00 [VGA
controller])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2ab1]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
InstallationMedia__: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
InstallationMedia___: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
JockeyStatus: xorg:fglrx - ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver
(Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard p6774y
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LC_COLLATE=C
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic
root=UUID=88b4c27c-1d88-43f6-9c45-807f05989dca ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
ProcVersionSignature__: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
ProcVersionSignature___: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: unity
UdevDb: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/07/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 6.04
dmi.board.name: 2AB1
dmi.board.vendor: FOXCONN
dmi.board.version: 1.00
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 4CE10215JX
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr6.04:bd09/07/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnp6774y:pvr:rvnFOXCONN:rn2AB1:rvr1.00:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: p6774y
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2
version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu13
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7
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