https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679210 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679210#c1 --- Comment #1 from Atri Bhattacharya 2011-03-14 20:15:29 UTC --- I also see this on my Intel GM945 system -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679210 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679210#c3 --- Comment #3 from Atri Bhattacharya 2011-03-17 17:58:57 UTC --- Created an attachment (id=420011) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=420011) .. and on firefox -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679210 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679210#c5 --- Comment #5 from Atri Bhattacharya 2011-03-28 18:52:41 UTC --- (In reply to comment #4)

Meanwhile, ctrl-alt-backspace is my exorcist to keep this ghost-window away from my machine :)

Just a suggestion, since you will might lose data if you do Ctrl+Alt+Backspace: when the desktop is occluded, you can still use your keyboard (at least that is what I see on mine), so do 1.Press Alt+F2 2.Type in the launcher: metacity --replace 3.Hit Enter There it is, everything should be back to stable and useful, but with (evil ;)) desktop effects disabled. I tried to get the upstream compiz developers to notice this by shouting in their irc channel but no luck. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679210 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679210#c7 Mark Gonnelly changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |mgonnelly@novell.com --- Comment #7 from Mark Gonnelly 2011-05-29 01:48:22 UTC --- I get this too - it is massively annoying. It have noticed it with gnome-terminal, the updater, system monitor, and others in the upper left corner (where everything seems to open, but that's another bug). The Computer menu also seems to cause it in the lower left. triona:/home/mark/Desktop # hwinfo --gfx 09: PCI 02.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA) [Created at pci.318] Unique ID: _Znp.j5duo6BuBmF SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:00:02.0 Hardware Class: graphics card Model: "Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset" Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation" Device: pci 0x2a42 "Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset" SubVendor: pci 0x17aa "Lenovo" SubDevice: pci 0x20e4 Revision: 0x07 Driver: "i915" Driver Modules: "drm" Memory Range: 0xf4400000-0xf47fffff (rw,non-prefetchable) Memory Range: 0xd0000000-0xdfffffff (ro,non-prefetchable) I/O Ports: 0x1800-0x1807 (rw) IRQ: 45 (1299957 events) I/O Ports: 0x3c0-0x3df (rw) Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d00002A42sv000017AAsd000020E4bc03sc00i00" Driver Info #0: XFree86 v4 Server Module: intel Driver Info #1: XFree86 v4 Server Module: intel 3D Support: yes Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown 10: PCI 02.1: 0380 Display controller [Created at pci.318] Unique ID: ruGf.EY_WiyTYTN5 SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1 SysFS BusID: 0000:00:02.1 Hardware Class: graphics card Model: "Intel Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller" Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation" Device: pci 0x2a43 "Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller" SubVendor: pci 0x17aa "Lenovo" SubDevice: pci 0x20e4 Revision: 0x07 Memory Range: 0xf4200000-0xf42fffff (rw,non-prefetchable) Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d00002A43sv000017AAsd000020E4bc03sc80i00" Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Primary display adapter: #9 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679210 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679210#c9 James Mason changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jmason@novell.com Status Whiteboard|ATI? | --- Comment #9 from James Mason 2011-07-25 20:12:14 UTC --- This is also being tracked on Launchpad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/709461 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/755459 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679210 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679210#c12 --- Comment #12 from Mark Gonnelly 2011-09-20 13:19:00 UTC --- For what it is worth, living with this bug for a while now, I have noticed that different apps are more or less likely to trigger it. For example, evince (almost) always does the first time it is run in a session. On the other hand, Firefox never does. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679210 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679210#c14 --- Comment #14 from Mark Gonnelly 2011-09-26 22:33:38 UTC --- (In reply to comment #13)

Some general observations of my own...

Happens daily on Nvidia binary, < 1/wk on nouveau (nvidia hw, obviously).

I am using Intel graphics. Happens daily.

Happens mostly (ironically) with ccsm and gnome-terminal.

I would say evince, eog, gnome-terminal are, in order, the most likely to trigger it for me.

Mostly seems to happen when the applications are started from gnome-do .

I don't use Do at all - not even installed, -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.