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Re: [Bug 770283] Re: [fglrx]title bar does not update on non-maximized windows

 

On Fri, 3 Feb 2012, Daniel van Vugt wrote:

> Sounds like the decorator is not generating correct damage events for
> the decorations. Though I am presently using Intel graphics and can't
> reproduce the bug to confirm.
>
> ** Project changed: compiz => compiz-core
>

I looked into this some time ago. The decorations are updating just fine, 
but the damage events aren't generated for pixmap-only backed drawables on 
fglrx.

Maybe things have changed since then :)

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> Title:
>  [fglrx]title bar does not update on non-maximized windows
>
> Status in Compiz Core:
>  Confirmed
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
>  Invalid
> Status in Unity:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “fglrx-installer” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “compiz” package in openSUSE:
>  New
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: unity
>
>  I previously reported this as
>  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/768860. Further
>  investigation on my part suggests the issue is with unity-window-
>  decorator.
>
>  The title bar is not updated on non-maximized windows unless the
>  decorator is forced to redraw the title bar--usually on losing focus.
>  I have confirmed this with GNOME-Terminal, GIMP, Firefox, and Geeqie.
>
>  To reproduce:
>  GIMP: Open a file. Modify it. Unless you switched to the Toolbox window, the image name doesn't get a prepended "*" to indicate the file has changed. Save it with CTRL-S. The "*" will not disappear until the window loses focus.
>
>  Firefox: Open sites on multiple tabs. Switch between tabs as often as
>  you like. The title bar text will not change unless the window loses
>  focus. Maximize the Firefox window. Switch between tabs. The global
>  menu title bar text will now change with each tab.
>
>  GNOME-Terminal: Open a terminal. Change directories. Notice that the
>  directory shown in the title bar does not match what is reported by
>  `pwd`.
>
>  Geeqie: Go to a directory with images. The title bar should change to
>  show the name of each image as its displayed. Now maximize the window.
>  The "title bar" text changes as each image is selected.
>
>  For further testing, I chmod'ed /usr/bin/unity-window-decorator and
>  restarted compiz-decorator to force the use of gtk-window-decorator.
>  All title bars behaved normally (although I lost the rest of the unity
>  interface).
>
>  Personally, I find this bug to be a show-stopper. I've been using the
>  Unity interface for a week and this is one of the two issues that
>  would keep me using the "classic" GNOME interface instead of Unity.
>
>  This may be a duplicate of
>  https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/768356 but I was unable to
>  append any comments to that bug. That report was also specific to
>  Firefox, which I think is a bit misleading since the issue affects all
>  applications which provide feedback via the title bar.
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
>  Package: unity 3.8.10-0ubuntu2
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
>  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
>  Architecture: amd64
>  CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
>  CompositorRunning: compiz
>  Date: Mon Apr 25 08:33:15 2011
>  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
>  DistroCodename: natty
>  DistroVariant: ubuntu
>  GraphicsCard:
>   ATI Technologies Inc RS880 [Radeon HD 4200] [1002:9710] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>     Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2ab1]
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
>  InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
>  InstallationMedia__: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
>  InstallationMedia___: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
>  JockeyStatus: xorg:fglrx - ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
>  MachineType: Hewlett-Packard p6774y
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
>   LC_COLLATE=C
>   PATH=(custom, no user)
>   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=88b4c27c-1d88-43f6-9c45-807f05989dca ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>  ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
>  ProcVersionSignature__: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
>  ProcVersionSignature___: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
>  Renderer: Unknown
>  SourcePackage: unity
>  UdevDb: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
>  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>  dmi.bios.date: 09/07/2010
>  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
>  dmi.bios.version: 6.04
>  dmi.board.name: 2AB1
>  dmi.board.vendor: FOXCONN
>  dmi.board.version: 1.00
>  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 4CE10215JX
>  dmi.chassis.type: 3
>  dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
>  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr6.04:bd09/07/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnp6774y:pvr:rvnFOXCONN:rn2AB1:rvr1.00:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct3:cvr:
>  dmi.product.name: p6774y
>  dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
>  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2
>  version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
>  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu13
>  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
>  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
>  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
>  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
>  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 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7
>
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Title:
  [fglrx]title bar does not update on non-maximized windows

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