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[Mark Andrew Wheadon <1244237@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's now Thursday morning and I worked at home yesterday. When I powered
on my work PC this morning I did not have the problem, though my desktop
background is blank/black (it should be an image). I checked my mail and
opened Firefox, and periodically checked my desktop and all was fine -
no smearing. Then I opened Nemo and  the smearing started right away.
The reason I mention the bit about working at home yesterday is that I'm
pretty sure that if I reboot (even shutdown and boot), I will get the
smearing straight away even without starting Nemo. It only seems to be
smear free if my PC is powered off at least over night. I doesn't make
sense to me but there it is.

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Title:
  Ubuntu 13.04 Unity desktop background smears when dragging windows

Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  In the last week I have found that my desktop background is not
  refreshed when I drag windows across the screen. This also happens
  when windows are minimised or closed. It is especially noticeable when
  compiz animations are used as the window shrink/blur remains on areas
  of the screen where only the background shows. It has been reported on
  AskUbuntu with the title of 'Unity desktop "smears" (doesn't refresh)
  and shows no wallpaper' and one contributor says it doesn't happen
  with Cinnamon (though their post was deleted as not being an answer,
  as was mine). My wallpaper does not show either, even after I changed
  it, and it used to.

  My hardware it AMD A10-5700 with 7660D graphics on Ubuntu 13.04 with
  latest updates. I am using the fglrx-updates driver.

  Others (on AskUbuntu) tried different graphics drivers but it didn't
  help. I have not tried with 13.10.

  Screen shot attached.

  Thanks.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: unity 7.0.0daily13.06.19~13.04-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-32.47-generic 3.8.13.10
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-32-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
   
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CompositorRunning: compiz
  CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
  CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
  Date: Thu Oct 24 14:46:12 2013
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: raring
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  DkmsStatus:
   fglrx-updates, 9.012, 3.8.0-32-generic, x86_64: installed
   virtualbox, 4.2.10, 3.8.0-32-generic, x86_64: installed
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  GraphicsCard:
   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Trinity [Radeon HD 7660D] [1002:9901] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:7721]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-06 (200 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130402.1)
  JockeyStatus:
   kmod:fglrx - Video driver for the AMD graphics accelerators (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
   kmod:fglrx_updates - ATI Fire GL (Proprietary, Enabled, Not in use)
  MachineType: MSI MS-7721
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-32-generic root=UUID=be7626d6-266e-4846-b338-8aa982b96cee ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 12/14/2012
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: V10.2
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: FM2-A85XMA-P33 (MS-7721)
  dmi.board.vendor: MSI
  dmi.board.version: 3.0
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI
  dmi.chassis.version: 3.0
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV10.2:bd12/14/2012:svnMSI:pnMS-7721:pvr3.0:rvnMSI:rnFM2-A85XMA-P33(MS-7721):rvr3.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr3.0:
  dmi.product.name: MS-7721
  dmi.product.version: 3.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: MSI
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.9~daily13.06.19~13.04-0ubuntu1
  version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.43-0ubuntu1.1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.1.4-0ubuntu0.1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.1.4-0ubuntu0.1
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6.2
  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 2:2.21.6-0ubuntu4.3
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.7-0ubuntu1
  xserver.bootTime: Thu Oct 24 08:57:21 2013
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.devices:
   input        Power Button         KEYBOARD, id 6
   input        Power Button         KEYBOARD, id 7
   input        Logitech USB Optical Mouse MOUSE, id 8
   input        Dell Dell Smart Card Reader Keyboard KEYBOARD, id 9
  xserver.errors: open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.version: 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6.2
  xserver.video_driver: fglrx

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