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[Richard Senior <752445@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

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

** Affects: compiz (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 natty running-unity ubuntu

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Title:
  Intermittent white window contents when maximizing/switching windows