** Description changed: + [ Impact ] + When running IntelliJ IDEA in an X session with Mutter and an nVidia graphics card and proprietary drivers some dialogs have a semi- transparent background making it hard to read any text in those. The bug was originally reported here: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/JBR-6983 Then an issue was filed against Mutter and successfully resolved: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/3600 The resolution has been confirmed by several people building Mutter from source as is supported by comments here: * https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/JBR-6983/Transparent-dialogs-on-Linux-with-Nvidia-card#focus=Change-27-11029389.0-0.pinned * https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/JBR-6983/Transparent-dialogs-on-Linux-with-Nvidia-card#focus=Comments-27-11063989.0-0 + [ Test Plan ] - The corresponding Mutter package for Ubuntu 24.04 has not yet been updated to include the suggested fix. Please, consider backporting this change: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/merge_requests/3914 - Thank you! + 1. Set up a machine an NVIDIA GPU running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and the proprietary NVIDIA drivers + 2. Log-in to a GNOME Xorg session + 3. Install IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition from the App Center + 4. Open IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition + 5. Open or create a new Project + 6. Hit Ctrl+N to bring up 'Search Classes' box + 7. Type '/' in the search box to populate the results + 8. Verify that the background of the floating box is solid (non-translucent) + 9. Press backspace to delete the '/' character + 10. Repeat steps 7~9 for 10 times, ensuring that the floating box is never translucent + + [ Where problems could occur ] + + mutter is the component of GNOME driving the screen and inputs, and thus + is a critical component of Ubuntu Desktop. + + Problems could manifest as applications rendering with the wrong colors, such as an inverted effect or other artifacts. + At worst the user may be suddenly logged-out in case GNOME Shell crashes because of a bug introduced by this patch.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2099879 Title: Transparent dialogs in IntelliJ IDEA with Mutter and nVidia Status in Mutter: Fix Released Status in mutter package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in mutter source package in Noble: Triaged Bug description: [ Impact ] When running IntelliJ IDEA in an X session with Mutter and an nVidia graphics card and proprietary drivers some dialogs have a semi- transparent background making it hard to read any text in those. The bug was originally reported here: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/JBR-6983 Then an issue was filed against Mutter and successfully resolved: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/3600 The resolution has been confirmed by several people building Mutter from source as is supported by comments here: * https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/JBR-6983/Transparent-dialogs-on-Linux-with-Nvidia-card#focus=Change-27-11029389.0-0.pinned * https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/JBR-6983/Transparent-dialogs-on-Linux-with-Nvidia-card#focus=Comments-27-11063989.0-0 [ Test Plan ] 1. Set up a machine an NVIDIA GPU running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and the proprietary NVIDIA drivers 2. Log-in to a GNOME Xorg session 3. Install IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition from the App Center 4. Open IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 5. Open or create a new Project 6. Hit Ctrl+N to bring up 'Search Classes' box 7. Type '/' in the search box to populate the results 8. Verify that the background of the floating box is solid (non-translucent) 9. Press backspace to delete the '/' character 10. Repeat steps 7~9 for 10 times, ensuring that the floating box is never translucent [ Where problems could occur ] mutter is the component of GNOME driving the screen and inputs, and thus is a critical component of Ubuntu Desktop. Problems could manifest as applications rendering with the wrong colors, such as an inverted effect or other artifacts. At worst the user may be suddenly logged-out in case GNOME Shell crashes because of a bug introduced by this patch. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mutter/+bug/2099879/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
