window redraw glitches caused by ubuntu patch
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| metacity (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
There are several metacity bugs related to glitches / artefacts. I'm not sure if this is a duplicate or not, but I have some more information.
Using the ubuntu's patch to metacity "16-capture-
I reported it in the patch's original bug that tracks its development: https:/
To reproduce one of the problems related to border redraw (copied from the bug report above):
Using the Human theme, go to a clean desktop and open several terminals. they will tile. Now hold alt-tab to quickly change the focus between them. The focus rectangle will move between the windows, and when it will disappear, the edges of the window decoration will be removed, and not redrawn.
I have a feeling this is a cause for many glitches in metacity related to window redraw. Since I can't consistently reproduce all of those glitches, I have no way to be sure, but removing 16-capture-
| Changed in metacity (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Oliver Grawert (ogra) |
| assignee: | Oliver Grawert (ogra) → nobody |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote | #1 |
| Ori Avtalion (salty-horse) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in metacity (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
metacity 1:2.30.3-0ubuntu8 altered the patch to set the "capture-
If so, then I think all is good. Only people who deliberately turn on the option, or who upgraded during development when the switch was on by default, will see the problem.