As per https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/309747/comments/4 .
** Changed in: ubuntu
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309747
Title:
3d desktop effects is not (and has yet never been) stable for the
majority of hardware/drivers that is used with Ubuntu - Compare with
Mac OS X
Status in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in “mesa” package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
Binary package hint: ubuntu-desktop
This is a metabug (like bug #1) that denotes that Ubuntu's 3d Desktop
/ Compiz rendering effects / Composite graphics mode etc is NOT stable
on/for the majority of hardware/drivers on which Ubuntu desktop
edition is run (hence reporting against the ubuntu-desktop package).
Until this bug is solved, it is not relevant to talk about Ubuntu as
providing 3d effects in any other matter other than a test/development
version. We cannot recommend anyone that actually uses Ubuntu
professionally to have them enabled.
When I refer to stable I mean the following more rudimentary specs:
- No X server crashes
- No recurrent garbled or corrupted displays
But ALSO:
- No overlay/transparency rendering glitches
- No weird window behaviors when maximizing/moving (top window decorations
inaccessible under the top panel, no minimizing of certain windows, inability
to move certain windows etc)
- No flickering
- No weird white or black space displaying in various parts of the desktop
In short, I'd put the this bug as solved for a specific
hardware/driver combination when one can expect to be able to work
weeks and weeks and run 15-25 windows/applications simultaneously non-
stop with at least but minimal 3d desktop effects enabled without
experiencing any of the above nuisances. The same sort of usability
that Mac-users take for granted.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Enable the basic desktop effects
2. Use your computer as usual for say around 100 hours
3. If none of the above problems were experienced, please report this
hardware/driver combination success together with the output of "lspci -vvnn",
your xorg.conf-file together with any eventual special steps taken to achieve
the problem free desktop effects set-up.
4. If any of the above problems occur, please report them as separate bugs
in case they are not already reported - this meta-bug is only for tracking the
overall usability issues.
This bug is solved when we can confirm full stability with the most used
graphics cards and drivers (anyone have a good list to track the bug against?)
- Most used Nvidia cards and drivers
- Most used Intel cards and drivers
- Most used ATI cards and drivers
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