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[Naelphin <1176105@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Active blur is slow on Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) GM45 which
I think does blur in software instead of in hardware. Especially bad in
VLC when playing a video.

Static blur flickers at a high rate when there is an animation (chrome
tab loading throbber, flash)

No blur is much improved, but I need to set the launcher transparency to
230 or so or the dash text blends in with the background.

13.04 64 with intel graphics installer 1.02, same thing happened with
stock packages.

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Title:
  Dash with active blur is not smooth and may be slower to appear

Status in Unity:
  Confirmed
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  This is basically the same as bug 824890 but that is said to have been
  fixed for Oineric and this is on Raring. If I am not mistaken, the
  policy here is to open a new bug.

  With Active blur, the dash takes somewhat longer to appear and the
  animation is not smooth. With Static blur or No blur, it is quick (but
  it could be quicker, it still takes time and since I open the dash
  often, I do not see why there is a delay at all) and smooth. I would
  say with static blur or No blur, it takes under one second whereas
  with Active blur it takes about a second. The fact that it is not
  smooth gives it a much more slower feeling though.

  With active blur, it takes three steps - it (1) dims everything right
  of launcher, then (2) blurs it and then (3) dims the launcher.  There
  is always a delay between steps (1) and (2) and sometimes there is a
  slight delay between (2) and (3). If I repeat the operation, the
  second delay is sometimes absent. It seems it somehow caches something
  so it is sometimes fast, but not always (and almost never in normal
  usage as the cache does not stay long enough).

  I hope my graphic card etc. got picked by ubuntu-bug.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: unity 7.0.0daily13.04.18~13.04-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.30-generic 3.8.8
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
   
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,decor,grid,imgpng,compiztoolbox,gnomecompat,mousepoll,resize,snap,regex,place,vpswitch,move,winrules,animation,wall,session,workarounds,expo,fade,scale,ezoom,unityshell]
  CompositorRunning: compiz
  CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
  CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
  Date: Fri May  3 18:41:02 2013
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: raring
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  DkmsStatus:
   tp-smapi, 0.41, 3.8.0-19-generic, x86_64: installed
   vboxhost, 4.2.12, 3.8.0-19-generic, x86_64: installed
   vhba, 20130121, 3.8.0-19-generic, x86_64: installed
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  GraphicsCard:
   Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2114]
     Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2114]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-03 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  MachineType: LENOVO 20828VG
  MarkForUpload: True
  PccardctlIdent:
   Socket 0:
     no product info available
  PccardctlStatus:
   Socket 0:
     no card
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic root=UUID=8277281a-1fbc-4c61-8477-50dc9ec804cf ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 03/13/2009
  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.bios.version: 7VET64WW (2.12 )
  dmi.board.name: 20828VG
  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.board.version: Not Available
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7VET64WW(2.12):bd03/13/2009:svnLENOVO:pn20828VG:pvrThinkPadT500:rvnLENOVO:rn20828VG:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
  dmi.product.name: 20828VG
  dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T500
  dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.9~daily13.04.18.1~13.04-0ubuntu1
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.43-0ubuntu1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.1.1-0ubuntu3
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.1.1-0ubuntu3
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2b2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.1.0-0ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.21.6-0ubuntu4
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.7-0ubuntu1
  xserver.bootTime: Fri May  3 18:26:22 2013
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.errors:
   
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.version: 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6
  xserver.video_driver: intel

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