Ubuntu
compiz package

Focused windows get blurry when dodge effect is enabled

Bug #153072 reported by Pizuz on 2007-10-15

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	compiz (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: compiz

I've been noticing this for a while, already:

If you put a window on top of another one causing the former top window to perform a dodge, the contents will get blurry, as soon as you bring it to the top again. The interesting thing is that the contents that were hidden underneath the top windo don't get blurred. This is probably a little difficult to understand, so I'm gonna attach a screenshot.

What I did was put Opera on top of Amarok, then selecting Amarok which made Opera move aside. As soon as I focus on Opera again, the stuff that wasn't covered by the Amarok window gets blurry.

This glitch will only happen if the dodge effect is enabled for focusing windows. Of course it happens with all different types of applications, not just Qt apps. And it doesn't just affect text - it's just most obvious there.

See original description

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Pizuz (florian-fahr) wrote on 2007-10-15:

The Glitch Edit (85.6 KiB, image/png)

Left: After bringing Amarok to the top
Right: After bringing Opera to the top again - you can clearly see where Amarok including its shadow was before

description:

updated

Pizuz (florian-fahr) on 2007-10-15

description:

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Murat Gunes (mgunes) on 2008-02-14

Changed in compiz:
status:	New → Incomplete

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Pizuz (florian-fahr) wrote on 2008-02-14:

Why is this report considered incomplete, all of a sudden? What further information am I supposed to provide?

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Murat Gunes (mgunes) wrote on 2008-02-14:

Thanks for reporting. What version of Ubuntu and Compiz is this with?

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Pizuz (florian-fahr) wrote on 2008-02-14:

Okay, now I see, sorry.

This error was in Gutsy and I used Compiz 1:0.6.0+git20071006-0ubuntu2 with the open Radeon driver at that time. Which is a while ago. Meanwhile I switched to Hardy and managed to break the Radeon driver on my system beyond repair (even Compiz won't work with it anymore), so I cannot tell if the issue still remains or not.

I hope this helps.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote on 2008-03-18:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue that you reported is one that should be reproducible with the live environment of the Desktop CD of the development release - Hardy Heron. It would help us greatly if you could test with it so we can work on getting it fixed in the next release of Ubuntu. You can find out more about the development release at http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ . Thanks again and we appreciate your help.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote on 2008-04-21:

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!.