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compiz package

Window decoration is lost after a few hours uptime in 12.04

Bug #993633 reported by Tony Pursell
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
compiz (Ubuntu)
Incomplete
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Bug Description

After a few hours uptime I lose window decoration.

I have asked about it on the irc channel #ubuntu-desktop and was advised to report it as a bug. I was given the command

gtk-window-decorator --replace&

as a workround - which works.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.38-generic-pae 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,move,gnomecompat,place,compiztoolbox,imgpng,grid,mousepoll,wall,resize,regex,vpswitch,session,animation,unitymtgrabhandles,fade,expo,scale,ezoom,workarounds,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Thu May 3 00:50:25 2012
DistUpgraded: 2012-04-29 16:10:31,037 DEBUG failed to SystemUnLock() (E:Not locked)
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200] [1002:5a61] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2a3d]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
MachineType: HP Pavilion 061 RA918AA-ABU t3510.uk
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic-pae root=UUID=95627c5a-4942-4b2a-81f0-b937540facaf ro radeon.modeset=1 resume=UUID=cc873305-f512-4d29-9d31-46311cd5e830 quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: compiz
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-29 (3 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 04/10/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 3.11
dmi.board.name: Asterope
dmi.board.vendor: Hewleet-Packard
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr3.11:bd04/10/2006:svnHPPavilion061:pnRA918AA-ABUt3510.uk:pvr00E0211RE101ASTE200:rvnHewleet-Packard:rnAsterope:rvr1.0:cvn:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: RA918AA-ABU t3510.uk
dmi.product.version: 00E0211RE101ASTE200
dmi.sys.vendor: HP Pavilion 061
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1
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.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.1
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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Tony Pursell (ajpursell) wrote :
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jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Hi! There was a large update to compiz pushed today. Can you update and see if this is still a problem? Thanks!

Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Tony Pursell (ajpursell) wrote :

Is that available through the normal updates (including 'Proposed')? If it is, then I either already have it (and it has not had any effect) or it has not been made available yet.

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jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Do you have customizations of compiz? Could you try running 'unity --reset' and see if a stock configuration still has the issue?

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Jan Claeys (janc) wrote :

If this happens again, can you please check ~/.xsession-errors to see if there is an error like the one below (the "serial" number will be different)?

The program 'gtk-window-decorator' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)'.
  (Details: serial 20155 error_code 3 request_code 20 minor_code 0)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 991552, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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