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Bug #289664
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Comment 3 for bug 289664

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Damian Johnson (atagar1) wrote on 2009-02-27: Re: [Bug 289664] Re: Persistent white bar in upper left

Yes, it's still an issue, and no I can't upgrade my distribution (took long
enough to get things up and running once!). Sorry... -Damian

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Lupine <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been
> any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue
> for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> Persistent white bar in upper left
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289664
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> There's a 1x17 white bar of pixels that shows up in the upper left of the
> screen. They're usually hidden (due to the top menu bar) but they're visible
> when a program spans the whole screen (ex. full screen terminals or video -
> see attached screenshot). This sliver of pixels is unresponsive, by which I
> mean that clicking them doesn't do anything, even if the application usually
> displays a right-click context menu.
>
> This problem manifests on a couple of my systems:
> Ubuntu Hardy (8.04) on a laptop (HP Pavilion dv5163cl)
> Ubuntu Feisty (7.04) on a PC (Dell Dimension 9200)
>
> I've noticed that this occurs when I:
> a. Run VLC (music or video, it always occurs)
> b. Inconsistently occurs when using Firefox
> then it disappears when I close those applications. After a bit of
> investigating I stumbled on a forum post suggesting that this might either
> concern Adobe Flash or UIM (both of which I have):
>
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-689310-highlight-openbox.html?sid=131dee068fb5ecfdbda853430ae1dbce
>
> However, the last post was in 2004 and I'm not spotting a bug report so
> here it is! My apologies if I should be sending this to someone upstream.
> This is a low priority issue, but it's kinda annoying when watching movies
> so please let me know if I can be of any help in solving it. Cheers! -Damian
>

Yes, it's still an issue, and no I can't upgrade my distribution (took long
enough to get things up and running once!). Sorry... -Damian

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Lupine <thelupine@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been
> any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue
> for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu
>       Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> Persistent white bar in upper left
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289664
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> There's a 1x17 white bar of pixels that shows up in the upper left of the
> screen. They're usually hidden (due to the top menu bar) but they're visible
> when a program spans the whole screen (ex. full screen terminals or video -
> see attached screenshot). This sliver of pixels is unresponsive, by which I
> mean that clicking them doesn't do anything, even if the application usually
> displays a right-click context menu.
>
> This problem manifests on a couple of my systems:
> Ubuntu Hardy (8.04) on a laptop (HP Pavilion dv5163cl)
> Ubuntu Feisty (7.04) on a PC (Dell Dimension 9200)
>
> I've noticed that this occurs when I:
> a. Run VLC (music or video, it always occurs)
> b. Inconsistently occurs when using Firefox
> then it disappears when I close those applications. After a bit of
> investigating I stumbled on a forum post suggesting that this might either
> concern Adobe Flash or UIM (both of which I have):
>
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-689310-highlight-openbox.html?sid=131dee068fb5ecfdbda853430ae1dbce
>
> However, the last post was in 2004 and I'm not spotting a bug report so
> here it is! My apologies if I should be sending this to someone upstream.
> This is a low priority issue, but it's kinda annoying when watching movies
> so please let me know if I can be of any help in solving it. Cheers! -Damian
>