Comment 57 for bug 752445

I made a new install without upgrading drivers and I don't have the
issue... That worked for me

On 7/23/11, Camilo Nova <email address hidden> wrote:
> This is so sad that a lot of people have this problem and seems no one
> cares about fixing it
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/752445
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> Title:
> Intermittent white window contents when maximizing/switching windows
>
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in openSUSE:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: compiz
>
> Fresh install of Natty Beta. Nvidia graphics card with proprietary
> driver.
>
> Not all the time, but maximizing windows sometimes results in a white
> window. Sometimes switching between windows (not necessarily
> maximised) does the same. The window borders are there but the body of
> the window is white. Resizing the window smaller sometimes makes it
> redraw. Minimizing other applications sometimes makes it redraw. The
> white window is most often the focussed window, but sometimes windows
> behind the focussed window go white too.
>
> Once an application has gone white, this seems to encourage other
> windows to do the same. Minimizing all windows, reactivating the
> required window and perhaps resizing will bring the window contents
> back.
>
> I don't think this is restricted to specific applications. I've been
> able to duplicate the problem with Firefox, Thunderbird, Nautilus,
> Synaptic, Terminal, Geany, Nvidia Settings and others.
>
> It's not Unity. If I switch to Classic I get the same problem,
> although perhaps with slightly less frequency. Switch to Classic with
> no effects and the problem goes away. So I suspect a combination of
> Compiz and the Nvidia driver that comes with Natty.
>
> See also http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1721206
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: compiz 1:0.9.4git20110322-0ubuntu5
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory:
> '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
> .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
> .proc.driver.nvidia.version:
> NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 270.30 Fri Feb 25
> 14:34:55 PST 2011
> GCC version: gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu1)
> Architecture: amd64
> CompizPlugins:
> [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,session,grid,regex,imgpng,resize,snap,animation,staticswitcher,workarounds,mousepoll,gnomecompat,move,vpswitch,expo,wall,fade,scale,unityshell]
> CompositorRunning: compiz
> Date: Wed Apr 6 12:55:10 2011
> DistUpgraded: Fresh install
> DistroCodename: natty
> DistroVariant: ubuntu
> DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 270.30, 2.6.38-7-generic, x86_64: installed
> GraphicsCard:
> nVidia Corporation C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] [10de:03d0] (rev a2)
> (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device [1019:2602]
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110330)
> InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110330)
> JockeyStatus: xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver
> (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
> Lsusb:
> Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04fc:0005 Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd USB
> OpticalWheel Mouse
> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04b8:0005 Seiko Epson Corp. Printer
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> MachineType: ECS GeForce6100PM-M2
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
> PATH=(custom, user)
> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-7-generic
> root=UUID=4ebbc4c8-22d1-4b77-bbc5-3138055ccac1 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
> ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
> Renderer: Unknown
> SourcePackage: compiz
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> XorgConf:
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Default Device"
> Option "NoLogo" "True"
> EndSection
> dmi.bios.date: 10/09/2009
> dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: 080015
> dmi.board.name: GeForce6100PM-M2
> dmi.board.vendor: ECS
> dmi.board.version: 7.0
> dmi.chassis.type: 3
> dmi.chassis.vendor: ECS
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080015:bd10/09/2009:svnECS:pnGeForce6100PM-M2:pvr7.0:rvnECS:rnGeForce6100PM-M2:rvr7.0:cvnECS:ct3:cvr:
> dmi.product.name: GeForce6100PM-M2
> dmi.product.version: 7.0
> dmi.sys.vendor: ECS
> version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4git20110322-0ubuntu5
> version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu11
> version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.1-0ubuntu3
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
> version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.1-0ubuntu3
> version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
> version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
> version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
> version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu6
> version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu6
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