vim.gnome window is invisible

Bug #719001 reported by Jean-Baptiste Lallement
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Unity
Fix Released
Medium
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compiz (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Sam Spilsbury
Natty
Fix Released
High
Sam Spilsbury
unity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
Natty
Fix Released
Undecided
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: compiz

vim.gnome window is sometimes invisible.
It's on the top layer but invisible. It blocks the interaction with the windows behind, I can't see the menu but if I click at the place of the toolbar the menus are activated and visible.

I haven't found a pattern to reproduce it each time, but this is randomly reproducible on different systems.

If I kill vim, the invisible window disappear.

xwininfo below:

xwininfo: Window id: 0x6200024 "ui.py (/tmp/apport/apport) - GVIM"

  Absolute upper-left X: -1
  Absolute upper-left Y: -29
  Relative upper-left X: -1
  Relative upper-left Y: -29
  Width: 811
  Height: 378
  Depth: 24
  Visual: 0x21
  Visual Class: TrueColor
  Border width: 0
  Class: InputOutput
  Colormap: 0x20 (installed)
  Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
  Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
  Backing Store State: NotUseful
  Save Under State: no
  Map State: IsViewable
  Override Redirect State: no
  Corners: +-1+-29 -214+-29 -214-251 +-1-251
  -geometry 113x24+-1+-29

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: compiz 1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop4-0ubuntu11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-3.30-generic 2.6.38-rc4
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-3-generic i686
Architecture: i386
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1024x600 1024x600
 edid-base64: AP///////wAiZOkDZUECABoUAQOAFg14CoYmlFdRkCchT1QAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBlBEAsEBYGSA1I0UA3IEAAAAZFhQA2EBYJiBdIxUE3IEAAAAAAAAA/gAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA/gAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAABY=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
Date: Mon Feb 14 22:14:59 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:83ac]
   Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:83ac]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110209)
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 1015PE
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_AG.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-3-generic root=UUID=014cdf46-1d84-4e78-a68e-5d6de3419ad9 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: compiz
dmi.bios.date: 05/31/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0402
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: 1015PE
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: x.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.chassis.version: x.x
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0402:bd05/31/2010:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pn1015PE:pvrx.x:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn1015PE:rvrx.xx:cvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:ct10:cvrx.x:
dmi.product.name: 1015PE
dmi.product.version: x.x
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop4-0ubuntu11
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6~3ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.2+git20110124.fadee040-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-1ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu4

Revision history for this message
Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → High
description: updated
tags: added: compiz-0.9
Revision history for this message
Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

output of xwinfo -all

Revision history for this message
Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

output of wmctrl -l

Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Sam "SmSpillaz" Spilsbury (smspillaz)
milestone: none → natty-alpha-3
Revision history for this message
Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

I'm still facing this problem with the current version of unity/compiz from the archive as of today.

Changed in compiz (Ubuntu Natty):
milestone: natty-alpha-3 → ubuntu-11.04-beta-2
Revision history for this message
Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

when this happens, I kill the instances of vim and restart it until I can see the window.
But after some time tons of problems start to appears:
- when I click on the window on the front the window behind get the focus
- the gvim window is always on top
- some windows can't be clicked
- can't use alt tab to switch between windows
- ...

And finally, after a long battle to try to keep the desktop not sinking into deeper water, I run 'unity' and the bug-buddy shows up with the crash file attached.

Revision history for this message
David Barth (dbarth) wrote :

Can reporters on this bug confirm that the issue is not occuring anymore with the latest compiz release? ie 0.9.4+bzr20110415 coming to an archive near you.

Changed in unity:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
milestone: none → 3.8.10
Revision history for this message
Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

I haven't met this issue for the last few days. I'm closing this report. Thanks for the fix.

Changed in compiz (Ubuntu Natty):
milestone: ubuntu-11.04-beta-2 → none
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in unity:
status: Triaged → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 3.8.10-0ubuntu1

---------------
unity (3.8.10-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - Application windows can sometimes fail to display and will mask regions
      of the screen (LP: #709461)
    - Launcher appears _under_ application windows (LP: #743834)
    - Unity Launcher Temporarily Appears Broken at Login (LP: #756951)
    - compiz crashed with signal 7 in g_file_get_uri() (LP: #728319)
    - Only with few windows (and one maximized) or Dodge active window - When
      re-focusing on maximised window Unity launcher does not hide
      (LP: #734681)
    - UIFe: Unity Dash button does not give adequate feedback (LP: #748676)
    - Focus problem with Thunderbird (LP: #753951)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in PrivateWindow::updateStartupId()
      (LP: #759363)
    - unity places don't start up on login. (LP: #761225)
    - unity crashes when emptying trash twice (LP: #761643)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in PlacesResultsController::Clear()
      (LP: #761211)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in PanelView::~PanelView() (LP: #761634)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in SimpleLauncherIcon::SetIconName()
      (LP: #763560)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in PlacesView::ConnectPlaces() (LP: #761942)
    - Intellihide stuck with in x=0 on the bfb (LP: #764643)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in PlacesView::OnResizeFrame() (LP: #763800)
    - unity crashed with GError in reset_unity_compiz_profile(): Failed to
      contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or
      misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See
      http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed
      to get connection to session: Command line `dbus-launch
      --autolaunch=f0af37ac055f6f348acd417f00000008 --binary-syntax --close-
      stderr' exited with non-zero exit status 1: No protocol
      specified\nAutolaunch error: X11 initialization failed.\n) (LP: #753528)
    - Chromium fullscreen + Alt-TAB confuses the launcher (LP: #757434)
    - Cannot click on left-most indicator on panel if a non-indicator icon
      appears (LP: #761409)
    - vim.gnome window is invisible (LP: #719001)
    - Trash/ws switcher icon in unity resets to default icon theme on the
      event of a deletion or emptying the trash or after an upgrade
      (LP: #761289)
    - Incorrect keynav hilight/opened Quicklist without any request
      (LP: #764730)
    - indicator font does not update when changing font in Appearance
      Preferences. (LP: #759886)
    - In dash search filter drop box, black text is on a black background when
      item is selected (LP: #761201)
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:30:20 +0200

Changed in unity (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → Fix Released
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