[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2015-05-26 Thread Christopher Townsend
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 269904 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/269904 Hi Szilárd Páll, Yes, please file a new bug using 'ubuntu-bug compiz'. I'll keep an eye out for the new bug and we can go from there. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2015-05-25 Thread Szilárd Páll
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 269904 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/269904 I'm using 346.47 and I get this all the ~@$#%^ time, so do a number of my colleagues in the office all using Trusty. It's getting really irritating and as the fix has been out for a year I wonder if this is

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2015-05-25 Thread Szilárd Páll
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 269904 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/269904 Sorry folks, browsing through the 144 comments on this page I did not realize that compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1 should in theory have a fix for this bug. I'm still having issues, especially

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2015-04-23 Thread Mathew Hodson
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 269904 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/269904 ** Bug watch removed: GNOME Bug Tracker #728464 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=728464 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-12-08 Thread Christopher Townsend
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 269904 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/269904 Well, we finally have an agreement in place with Nvidia for get their patch into Compiz trunk. Since this bug is really caused by what's in bug #269904, I'm going to dup this bug to that one. I'll comment

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-12-05 Thread Joshua R. Poulson
And today, Chris has updated that PPA. I'm running 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20141104-0ubuntu1ppa1 and the flickering has gone. This seems pretty definitive. Is there a chance that upstream (which I know is a loaded discussion when it comes to compiz) will accept it? -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-12-05 Thread Christopher Townsend
Being an upstream maintainer of Compiz, I would absolutely love to accept the patch. However, somehow Compiz falls under the CLA and we are still trying to get Nvidia (who provided the patch) to agree to it. Trust me when I say there have been ongoing discussions to get this in. We are dealing

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-12-03 Thread Joshua R. Poulson
On Trusty, today's compiz update in trusty-updates 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20141104-0ubuntu1 superseded the fixed compiz in Chris Townsend's special fix PPA 1:0.9.11.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1ppa2 and the flickering is back on the Lenovo Thinkpad W510 running nvidia-340 drivers. -- You received this bug

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-11-06 Thread Silviu C.
Is anyone using the 340.46 driver? If so, do you still see the probelm manifest? I wonder if the bug (Bug #1283979 ) I reported could be related to this... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-11-06 Thread Pedro Lopes
@silviucc: Yes and yes to your questions. I've looked at bug #1283979, and I have never experienced that problem, nor have I seen others mention it in this bug. I don't think they are related. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-11-06 Thread Joshua R. Poulson
I can consistently reproduce this problem with the nvidia-340 (last one I tested was 340.46) driver on my Thinkpad W510. I have to go back to the nvidia-331 driver to get around it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-11-03 Thread Kaspar Tint
Any ETA when this will be merged to current? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse To manage notifications about

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-10-31 Thread Alex Baines
** Attachment removed: Output of apport-bug compiz https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/1288747/+attachment/4012785/+files/apport-compiz.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-10-10 Thread Wiktor: Nizio
It affects me on HD 4000, Ubuntu 14.10 with latest updates. Is there a workaround I could use? Does #130, #120 or #109 apply? I am experiencing this situation virtually every time when VirtualBox works in full screen mode on the RIGHT monitor. (Dual monitor setup). I have used Christopher's

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-10-06 Thread Jaime Marques
@Christopher, Could you sync the ppa plz? Its making me wanna punch it again :P (UB 14.10) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-10-02 Thread Kajetan
@Sir Sword: This problem only occurs when installing the latest nvidia drivers - when the Additional Drivers utility is used you'll get the driver version 331.38 (as far as I know). Unless very recent Nvidia cards are in use version 331.38 should work very well. (However, it would definitely be

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-10-01 Thread Sir Sword
Is there any chance of this patch getting officially released for 14.04, considering 14.04 is supposed to be the stable release that people can standardize on? For many people this bug makes 14.04 at best annoying, or at worst unusable. I think it would be difficult to recommend 14.04 to a

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-09-26 Thread geggo
I can confirm this bug with all (official Ubuntu + xorg-edgers PPA) Nvidia drivers on Ubuntu 14.04 (current 343.22 in use with GeForce GTX 570 ). In my case there was only one solution that was really working so far by experimenting without patch: nvidia-settings -Disabling the Allow Flipping

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-09-18 Thread braikar
I have the same flicker problem, (linux mint 17 + mate 64bits, so based on ubuntu 14.04) with a gtx750ti 340.32 driver with compiz Compiz 0.9.11.2 from the ubuntu 14.04 standard packages but I didn't install any patch. For me what seems to do the trick, was enabling: Utility Workarounds Fix

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-09-16 Thread Stephen Turley
compiz patch fixed the issue for me! Ubuntu 14.04 Nvidia GTX 770 340.32 Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-09-14 Thread Manglasape
Well, I have been experimenting this and after adding the ppa for testing it seems to improve the things a lot. Good job Christopher! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title:

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-09-10 Thread Alexander
@Jaime, @Stephen, thanks guys. Do you experience this bug as well https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/1072206 ? I have it with any driver version, so annoying, can't enjoy window animation because i am using Super+W all the time. -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-09-10 Thread Jaime Marques
@Alexander Yup, i belive theres a bug report on the nvidia official forums also. im not sure if it is a driver or compiz bug since it only happends using the nvidia blob. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-09-09 Thread Alexander
@Jamie, any news on this regarding merging this patch in to official compiz release? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-09-09 Thread Alexander
@Jamie, it is safe to use ppa-purge ppa:townsend/compiz-nvidia-refresh-test In case if i won't use that patch anymore? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-09-09 Thread Jaime Marques
@Alexander Hi m8 i did not create the patch christopher did, i would not have a clue where to being to make it :P About the merging i have the same question it seems like something that should be done already... stupid legal issues... ;S about the ppa-purge im assuming it should work just

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-09-09 Thread Stephen M. Webb
@Alexander Yes, the ppa-purge command will do the right thing and restore the latest Compiz from the Ubuntu archive. Also, the patch is still being held up by legal considerations. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-08-26 Thread Jaime Marques
@Walter sudo add-apt-repository ppa:townsend/compiz-nvidia-refresh-test sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-08-26 Thread Walter ZAMBOTTI
@Jamie Thanks @everyone Installed the PPA but this did not make any difference for me, still jittery, choppy and freezes. apt-cache policy compiz compiz: Installed: 1:0.9.11.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1ppa2 Candidate: 1:0.9.11.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1ppa2 Version table: ***

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-08-25 Thread Walter ZAMBOTTI
Ubuntu 14.04 nVidia 340.32 nVidia GT 330M apt-cache policy compiz compiz: Installed: 1:0.9.11.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:0.9.11.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:0.9.11.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-08-17 Thread Fernando S Martinez
Well, it's been 6 days since I installed the patch and now I'm getting window resizing and window moving issues intermittently. I have checked CompizConfig and all Window Management Settings are checked. I reinstalled the patch but no change. Is there any benefit to installing the Nvidia driver

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-08-17 Thread gurqn
Tested on utopic ? i'm on utopic with latest 340 series. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse To manage

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-08-16 Thread gurqn
For prevent applying further periodic updates you can use pin feature until it merged to main compiz as; sudo gedit /etc/apt/preferences.d/townsend-nvidia-fix #copy paste Package: * Pin: release o=LP-PPA-townsend-compiz-nvidia-refresh-test Pin-Priority: 600 @ Christopher Just wished to say

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-08-14 Thread Jaime Marques
@Christopher could you please update the ppa? compiz updated and broke it.. again... Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-08-11 Thread Fernando S Martinez
I did a fresh install of 14.04 get it tweaked the way I liked it and after I installed Nvidia drivers 340.24 my Firefox tabs were jerky and the pages looking funky. Even my VM GUIs were acting wonky. I've only had the patch installed for several minutes but already I can see the difference.

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-08-10 Thread Johan Ferner
Installed 340.24 from xorg-edgers on 14.04. Started firefox and google search home screen flickered like mad. Installed the compiz patch and flickering stopped. So far the patch is perfect. Will monitor memory consumption after a full working day. Thanks for the patch! -- You received this

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-08-07 Thread Viktor A. Danilov
I am using ubuntu 14.04 (amd64) at Clevo P151HM: i7-2670QM + GF116M [GeForce GT 560M]. My results: * nvidia driver 331.38 + native compiz 0.9.11 = no bug * nvidia driver 340.24 + native compiz + high performance mode + no flip = no bug * nvidia driver 340.24 + native compiz + adaptive mode +

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-08-07 Thread Jaime Marques
A new driver has been released so i decided to test it (NV 343], fresh install no patch = bugged unusable. ppa added = outdated, cant install. Christopher could you please update the ppa so it works with 14.10 please? Also this bug needs to be tagged critical or something, the drivers on the

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-08-07 Thread Christopher Townsend
Hi Jaime, Did you mean update the 14.04 Compiz as the 14.10 version seems to be updated? At any rate, I've updated both the Utopic and Trusty versions to have the latest Compiz code base and I also added the code Viktor posted above. If that causes issues for some, then I'll revert that code

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-08-07 Thread Jaime Marques
Christopher i meant 14.10, somewhy when i added the ppa before this updated it wanted to remove compiz core and unity... its fixed now with this update, memory usage seems stable at around 60mb and flickering is gone but i did notice something strange when i minimize a window the memory goes up

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-08-05 Thread ahmet yıldırım
I am using ubuntu 14.04 with installed driver nvidia 340.24 for Quadro 1000M graphic card. Unfortunately, I have the same problem. I have another pc which is the same OS 14.04 and driver 331.79 for Quadro FX880M but it does not have the same problem. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-07-24 Thread Knut J Bjuland
My system is ubuntu 14.04 with nvidia quadro 400 that use basic -mosaic on two screens -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-07-24 Thread Knut J Bjuland
I have the same problem particular with gedit and gnome-terminal along with Thunderbird. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-07-13 Thread thedanyes
Just a quick update on this. The issue came back when Ubuntu updated my compiz packages to the latest 1:0.9.11.1+14.04.20140701-0ubuntu1 versions. I updated to NVIDIA 340.24, and that didn't help. I had to actually stop lightdm from a tty and manually remove the entire ubuntu-desktop and

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-07-13 Thread thedanyes
FYI: From a separate terminal (ctrl+alt+f1) run these commands sudo service lightdm stop sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop sudo apt-get autoremove sudo apt-get install compiz=1:0.9.11+14.04.20140423-0ubuntu1ppa2 compiz- gnome=1:0.9.11+14.04.20140423-0ubuntu1ppa2 compiz-

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-07-13 Thread Richard Illes
My 340.24 joy was short-lived it seems. While the flickering/wiggling issues are vastly reduced compared to previous drivers, they still exist. Before I was ready to go back to my old GT9600 video card it was so bad, but now its bearable with the issues only appearing at random times spaced

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-07-10 Thread Richard Illes
nv 340.24 got pushed to the xserve ppa yesterday and I updated to 340.24 and after a full day of use the issues I had appear to be gone. The issues were: screen shaking or wiggling text on web pages in addition to the flicking of random UI elements. stock compiz was untouched. Ubuntu 14.04

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-07-10 Thread JW
Not for me, it still happens with 340.24...especially noticible when using firefox for awhile -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-07-09 Thread Jaime Marques
@Chirstopher, Hey could you sync the ppa again? a new update came out and broke it :/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-07-08 Thread Jaime Marques
A new driver has been released (nv 340.24) today. Been trying it out for about 3h, did a fresh install fully updated and driver manualy installed. so far with no patched compiz the flickring is very minimal, only happens one in awhile and fixes itself very fast. Will try the patched compiz now

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-07-08 Thread Jaime Marques
from the last comment to this one ive experienced no issues at all with the patched compiz. flickering is gone like before and no freezes, had a feeling the freezes were from the driver and not from the patch. have dota 2 open + google chrome with 10 tabs + minecraft all working smothly. for

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-07-08 Thread JW
DKMS worked for me -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-07-08 Thread JW
Been testing and I have seen that unpatched compiz has been using the same amount of ram over time, and this patch really works well. Hopw it gets merged into the main compiz soon. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-07-03 Thread Luis Alvarado
This is happening in 13.10, 14.04 and 14.10 all in 32 or 64 bit using literally any driver from the 3xx.xx This is incredibly annoying, I can not rename a folder or file in Nautilus, or even move the mouse without getting this. I can not work correctly or even use the terminal inside Unity

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-07-01 Thread Dzon Kosto
I can confirm the occasional desktop freezes with the testing ppa version of compiz. It seems the flickering doesnt appear anymore but in my case desktop froze a few times with keyboard not responding at all and mouse pointer beeing able to move in single steps every few seconds. -- You received

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-30 Thread Dzon Kosto
Hi all, I was having issues with flickering with all nvidia drivers with versions higher than the default 331.79. Found this report and added the ppa. I have two nvidia systems on Utopic and it seems working correctly on 450GTS card. I will try later on 660Ti and give it some testing. Now I'm

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-29 Thread pcworld
Francisco Disraeli (arcloper) wrote: I too am experiencing system freezes sporadically. Similar time spans to John. I find that switching to vc1 with Ctrl-Alt-F1, and then switching back to X thaws the freeze. I have the same issue after adding the PPA. UI has frozen twice today. Description

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-28 Thread pcworld
Is it possible that this patch affects performance of unredirected fullscreen OpenGL applications? I'm pretty sure that I have micro stuttering (or something similar) in Teeworlds after applying this patch (using the PPA), at least if VSync is enabled in Teeworlds (not sure about non-VSync).

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-26 Thread Francisco Disraeli
Gah. Looks like I'm going to have to install a different distro. 4 GiB of RAM is not enough memory to run vanilla Ubuntu 14.04 these days it seems. :-( System is frequently paging and interrupting my work. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-26 Thread JW
Patch works for me too, I dunno how much memory compiz is supposed to use but it's using 87mb right now -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the UI randomly

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-26 Thread JW
Maybe I spoke too soon, compiz memory usage started going over 200mb -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse To

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-25 Thread thedanyes
I see similar Compiz RAM usage. I have 16GB of RAM so it hasn't really affected me, but it does seem a bit odd. ** Attachment added: htop compiz 9 days uptime https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/1288747/+attachment/4138740/+files/htop%20compiz%20screenshot.png -- You

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-25 Thread thedanyes
Also an update regarding flickering. I have only noticed very minor flickering (maybe unrelated to this bug) since adding Christopher's repo. I have had a few system hangs, but I believe I encountered similar hangs before updating. Here are my Compiz packages (with descriptions removed for

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-25 Thread Mateusz Stachowski
I have 9600 GT and don't have this bug. I'm using 337 drivers and currently updating to 340. Also I have proposed enabled on 14.04 LTS. Everything here is smooth but I had some flickering launcher tooltips in Unity. This happens very, very rarely and I don't know what triggers it exactly. I

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-25 Thread Berte
I had a 9600GT with unbuntu 14.04 and experienced no problem. I changed for a GeForce GTX 750 Ti and this flickering problem appeared. It went out using the workaround of post #48. Now I reverted the workaround of post #48 and I am testing Christopher Townsend's PPA. So far so good, except that

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-25 Thread asavah
@Christopher Thanks! Your patched compiz fixes it for me. ubuntu 14.10 nvidia-340.17 from xorg-edgers GV-N760OC-2GD (rev. 2.0) (GTX 760) DE: mate 1.8.1 All RDP apps (remmina, krdc, grdesktop) are now usable again. This bug hit those specially hard. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-22 Thread Eric Vlasov
Just installed the patched package and updated to 340.17 -- still getting flickering :( Using 14.04 + latest updates to it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-22 Thread Francisco Disraeli
I'm starting to suspect there's a memory leak in this compiz package, though I don't have the exertise to verify. All I can offer is that compiz has a size of 1.6 GiB in memory at the moment, which seems excessive for this program. I'm finding that my system is paging occassionally, which I never

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-20 Thread Neil Rodgers
Christopher, I updated compiz with your newest packages and just experienced another system freeze. I'm running Trusty with Nvidia 337.25 on a laptop with a GT 425M. If there is any additonal info I could provide you with let me know and I will post back with it. Thanks for your continued work

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-19 Thread Christopher Townsend
For those experiencing freezes, I have made some new packages that might help this out. They are currently built for Trusty and Utopic and I'm working on updating the Precise package. Please report back to let me know if this helps out or not. Thanks! -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-17 Thread John Murray
I had numerous more freezes after my last post. I removed the testing ppa and updated to the 340.17 drivers. No freezes yet, but the flickering is back, obviously. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-16 Thread thedanyes
I just updated to Christopher Townsend's repo. This update seems to have fixed the problem for me. It's only been five minutes, but I've tested the situations that were most frequently exhibiting this problem (editing files in Vi within Guake while using pageup/pagedown to scroll, and scrolling

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-15 Thread Francisco Disraeli
As another data point, I too am experiencing system freezes sporadically. Similar time spans to John. I find that switching to vc1 with Ctrl-Alt-F1, and then switching back to X thaws the freeze. When I switch back to X from vc1, the screen is black, but once I open the dash, parts of the screen

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-13 Thread John Murray
Christopher, here's the output. compiz: Installed: 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140423-0ubuntu1ppa1 Candidate: 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140423-0ubuntu1ppa1 Version table: *** 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140423-0ubuntu1ppa1 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/townsend/compiz-nvidia-refresh-test/ubuntu/ trusty/main

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-13 Thread Christopher Townsend
Hi John, Thanks for the extra details. So you are definitely using the patched package. Couple of more questions. 1. Does it occur quick a bit or is very sporadic. 2. What kind of hardware and Nvidia driver version are you using? Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-13 Thread John Murray
It doesn't seem to appear immediately, but once it happens, it starts happening consistently. It stops when I switch windows. I'm currently on the 337.25 drivers with a GTX 770. X, or something, is definitely having some issues it seems like, as my system has locked up twice in the past two

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-11 Thread Francisco Disraeli
Thank you VERY MUCH Christopher. I was really getting annoyed by the random flickering problem whilst using Firefox. System works very well now. Using a 750 Ti with driver version 337.25 on 64-bit 14.04. Hugs Kisses, Francisco. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-11 Thread John Murray
@Christopher, I didn't see it happening for the first couple days. I had rebooted previously. I'm currently doing some dev work on windows but when I boot back into Linux I'll get that output. Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-10 Thread Jaime Marques
thanks @Christopher! I been doing more testing and i cant belive how smooth and stable compiz looks now, moving windows and the animationg are super smooth. ive been also opening and cloosing tons of windows/games and memory seems stable at 145MB, will keep testing this awesome patch and will

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-09 Thread Christopher Townsend
@Jaime, I just uploaded a new package for Utopic to my PPA and it should be built and ready in a while. Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the UI

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-09 Thread Christopher Townsend
@John Murray, Could you provide the output of apt-cache policy compiz and also, did you make sure to restart after adding my test Compiz package? Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-07 Thread Jaime Marques
Damn it, a new update for compiz landed for 14.10 and broke it again... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse To

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-07 Thread John Murray
Well, I just had some flickering in part of my hexchat window with the patched compiz... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-06 Thread Riot777
Anyone knows when this bug gonna be fixed officially, I'm using 14.04 and latest nvidia drivers 337.25 also from edgers repo and got this bug? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-04 Thread Christopher Townsend
Hello, I'm getting quite frustrated that we cannot get this patch into Compiz proper due to the silly licensing issue. So what I have done is create a Compiz PPA that includes the attached patch. The PPA can be found here: https://launchpad.net/~townsend/+archive/compiz-nvidia-refresh-test This

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-04 Thread Jaime Marques
@Chirstopher, yes the patch seems to work perfectly! :D Fresh install of ubuntu 14.10 fully updated nvidia 337.25 from x.org edgers ppa used it for about 30 minutes, so issues related to this. the only graphical bug i can see is when i minimize the windows the content is black, but i think

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-06-04 Thread John Murray
Seems to be working for me as well, thank you @townsend! @jimmy93 the black window bug is most likely https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/1072206, which is two years old and incredibly annoying... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-05-21 Thread John Murray
Commenting here to keep this bug alive, as it is incredibly frustrating. This happens to me with driver version 331.67. FWIW, I'm using a GTX770. Looks like the mutter bug (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=728464) is almost fixed and the patches are pretty close to being accepted. **

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-05-11 Thread Luis Alvarado
Same issue with Nvidia 440 GT using NVIDIA 337.19 from Xorg Edgers in Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit, 3.13.0-26-generic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the UI

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-05-09 Thread Geroen Dierckx
After using my system for a few weeks with the workaround I do notice a difference in some of the actions I perform in the OS. Opening the window spread is very sluggish. After reverting back to nvidia 331 and reverting the workaround, my system is much more responsive and haven't noticed the

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-05-07 Thread thedanyes
I get this same issue on GTX 560 Ti with NVIDIA 337.12, Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit, 3.13.0-24-lowlatency kernel. The workaround from #48 didn't help me much at all. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-05-05 Thread Chris Hermansen
Neil Rodgers' workaround above (#48) eliminates, or at least drastically reduces, this problem for me. Neil, thanks! For reference, I am running 14.04 64bit up to date on an older Dell Optiplex;using NVidia drivers 3.34.21 on a GeForce GTX 750/PCIe/SSE2 because Nouveau doesn't yet support this

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-05-05 Thread Berte
Worakround of post #48 seems to work on my system, although I did not check if there is a drawback in terms of performance. Ubuntu 14.04 ugraded from 13.10 GeForce GTX 750 Ti Linux-x86_64 NVIDIA drivers: 334.21 Feel free to ask if you need more debug info. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-04-27 Thread August Karlstrom
After a fresh installation of Lubuntu 14.04 (using default graphics driver Nouveau 3.13.0-24-generic) i experience mouse pointer flicker, but so far only in Gedit. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-04-27 Thread Jaime Marques
Christopher, are there any news you can share about the licensing of the patch? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-04-24 Thread Geroen Dierckx
For me the workaround also helps. I have not seen poblems with freezes or high CPU load. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-04-23 Thread LinuxHater
Ubuntu 14.04 is out and the bug is still not fixed! Ubuntu is unable to work with nvidia drivers higher than 331.x! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-04-23 Thread LinuxHater
The workaround can't actually help. It eliminates UI flicking but Ubuntu still freezes with blinking keyboard indicators after a few minutes of using. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-04-10 Thread Jaime Marques
thanks for sharing Neil, the workaround works :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse To manage notifications

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-04-10 Thread Jaime Marques
ive found that you can also use force sync between X and GLX to fix it, i belive this works better since i dont think you have to redraw everything just the damaged part. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

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