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workspace switcher zoom failure with multiple monitors

Bug #864037 reported by Glen Ditchfield on 2011-10-01

This bug affects 12 people

	Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
Unity	Fix Released	Medium	Sam Spilsbury	Unity 4.28.0 "SRU2"
unity (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Medium	Sam Spilsbury	Ubuntu oneiric-updates
Oneiric	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

SRU TEST CASE:
1. connect an external display to your system
2. click workspace switcher
3. notice all the graphical problems on the screen
4. now install Unity from oneiric-proposed
5. Notice everything is working as it with single display

=====Original Report=====

When my laptop is not connected to an external monitor and I click the Workspace Switcher, the "zoom out" effect to show all workspaces works properly. When I connect a monitor to my DisplayPort output and click Workspace Switcher, the laptop's built-in monitor shows a messed-up background (see attachment) and the external monitor shows no background.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.20.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,snap,grid,mousepoll,compiztoolbox,resize,imgpng,wall,unitymtgrabhandles,regex,gnomecompat,place,vpswitch,move,animation,workarounds,expo,session,ezoom,fade,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Sat Oct 1 07:38:07 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 12) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:172a]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64+mac (20110921.2)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 8440p
PccardctlIdent:
Socket 0:
   product info: "RICOH", "Bay8Controller", "", ""
   manfid: 0x0000, 0x0000
   function: 254 (unknown)
PccardctlStatus:
Socket 0:
   3.3V 16-bit PC Card
   Subdevice 0 (function 0) bound to driver "pata_pcmcia"
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=26780926-1f18-4056-ae79-bf1656287393 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/22/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68CCU Ver. F.02
dmi.board.name: 172A
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 30.29
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68CCUVer.F.02:bd12/22/2009:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPEliteBook8440p:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn172A:rvrKBCVersion30.29:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP EliteBook 8440p
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

See original description

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lp:~smspillaz/unity/unity.oem-fixes

Merged into lp:unity/4.0 at revision 1726

Jason Smith (community): Approve on 2012-01-05

Robert Carr (community): Approve on 2012-01-04

lp:~smspillaz/unity/unity.fix_864784_868120_872625v2

Merged into lp:unity at revision 1816

Jason Smith (community): Approve on 2012-01-05

Mirco Müller: Pending requested 2011-12-16

Neil J. Patel: Pending requested 2011-12-16

lp:~ubuntu-desktop/unity/oneiric

lp:ubuntu/oneiric-proposed/unity

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Glen Ditchfield (gjditchfield) wrote on 2011-10-01:

Mangled display Edit (844.7 KiB, image/png)
BootDmesg.txt Edit (56.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootLog.gz Edit (371 bytes, application/x-gzip)
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (11.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (5.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgLog.txt Edit (1.3 MiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (28.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (14.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (416 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (3.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (2.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (142.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (320.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UnitySupportTest.txt Edit (596 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (36.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (37.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (6.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
dmidecode.txt.txt Edit (7.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
locale.txt Edit (335 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
monitors.xml.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
peripherals.txt Edit (513 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (233 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (9.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xinput.txt Edit (913 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (54.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz) on 2011-10-05

Changed in unity:
status:	New → In Progress
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → In Progress
Changed in unity:
importance:	Undecided → Medium
assignee:	nobody → Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz)
Changed in unity:
milestone:	none → 4.24.0

David Barth (dbarth) on 2011-10-10

Changed in unity:
milestone:	4.24.0 → 4.26.0
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
milestone:	none → oneiric-updates
importance:	Undecided → Medium

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Jimmy Merrild Krag (beruic) wrote on 2011-10-17:

Mangled display 2.png Edit (1.4 MiB, image/png)

I have the same issue, with small diferences:
- it's my external monitor that gets most mangled, but they both do
- I use VGA port instead of displayport
- my graphics card is: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) (rev 0c)

I have enclosed a screenshot (Mangled display 2)

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Victor Jimenez (betabandido) wrote on 2011-12-10:

I also have the same problem. I have a Dell Latitude E6410 with an NVIDIA graphic card.
I am running Oneiric 11.10 64-bits with the latest upgrades installed (only using official repositories).

I found this other bug which might be a duplicate of this one: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/839548

David Barth (dbarth) on 2011-12-16

Changed in unity:
milestone:	4.26.0 → 4.28.0

Revision history for this message

Taylor Raack (track16) wrote on 2011-12-18:

I have the exact same same issue - workspace switcher is messed up with multiple displays under 11.10.

Omer Akram (om26er) on 2012-01-05

Changed in unity:
status:	In Progress → Fix Released

Omer Akram (om26er) on 2012-01-05

description:

updated

Unity Merger (unity-merger) on 2012-01-06

Changed in unity:
status:	Fix Released → Fix Committed

Omer Akram (om26er) on 2012-01-11

Changed in unity:
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

Revision history for this message

Chris Halse Rogers (raof) wrote on 2012-01-13: Please test proposed package

Hello Glen, or anyone else affected,

Accepted unity into oneiric-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Changed in unity (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status:	New → Fix Committed
tags:	added: verification-needed

Revision history for this message

Miklos Juhasz (mjuhasz) wrote on 2012-01-16:

This bug has been fixed by proposed version. The rendering artifacts are gone.

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psypher (psypher246) wrote on 2012-01-16:

Agreed, I am running Precise with unity 5.0 and this issue has been resolved.

Thanks

Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) on 2012-01-16

tags:

added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-01-30:

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 4.28.0-0ubuntu2

---------------
unity (4.28.0-0ubuntu2) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  * Cherry-pick some additional fixes:
    - fix a regression where transparency is setup on the panel (LP: #830949)
    - the wrong commit causing a crash was revert. Revert the revert and
      revert the right guilty commit.

unity (4.28.0-0ubuntu1) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - don't segfault in geis_configuration_get_value() (lp: #850623)
    - get focus on dash by pressing the super key first time after login
      (lp: #860805)
    - clicking on panel when dash is open no longer causes maximized window
      to raise (lp: #873100)
    - window management, alt-tab - After using 'show desktop' to minimise all
      windows, opening any new window also incorrectly restores all
      the minimised windows (lp: #871801)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in
      unity::switcher::SwitcherModel::DetailSelectionWindow() (lp: #834630)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in g_strcmp0() (lp: #832151)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in nux::BaseWindow::GetInputWindowId()
      (when onboard is used) (lp: #865890)
    - fix multi-monitor crashers (lp: #838128, #864037, #864784, #868120)
    - Fix SIGSEGV after SwitcherController desctruction (lp: #887465)
    - Fix for "right-clicking launcher when choosing a workspace causes
      quicklists to freeze" (lp: #791810)
  * debian/patches/add_postrelease_buildfix.patch:
    - add post-release fix to build in a clean env
  * backport some additional reverts or regression fixes
-- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:54:44 +0100

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

Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) on 2014-11-12

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	In Progress → Fix Released

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