Public bug reported: After upgrading from 11.10 to 12.04 the workspace switcher causes graphical corruption and/or the system to hang. All screens are white. If it can be recovered from and a new workspace is selected, there are NVRM Xid error messages in dmesg and errors in .xsession-log
[ 4288.251778] NVRM: Xid (0000:0f:00): 13, 0003 00000000 00008297 00001458 00000006 00000100 [ 4288.368216] NVRM: Xid (0000:0f:00): 13, 0003 00000000 00008297 00001458 00000006 00000100 [ 4288.558326] NVRM: Xid (0000:0f:00): 13, 0003 00000000 00008297 00001458 00000006 00000100 compiz (decor) - Warn: failed to bind pixmap to texture WARNING: can not get name for '<CellRendererText object at 0x23d7960 (GtkCellRendererText at 0x27bd240)>' WARNING: can not get name for '<CellRendererText object at 0x25be780 (GtkCellRendererText at 0x290d6c0)>' WARNING: can not get name for '<CellRendererText object at 0x2ab73c0 (GtkCellRendererText at 0x27fba20)>' compiz (decor) - Warn: failed to bind pixmap to texture WARNING: can not get name for '<CellRendererText object at 0x29ea690 (GtkCellRendererText at 0x2b47d80)>' WARNING: can not get name for '<CellRendererText object at 0x2ab7730 (GtkCellRendererText at 0x2a93120)>' WARNING: can not get name for '<CellRendererText object at 0x2c843c0 (GtkCellRendererText at 0x2bdc480)>' compiz (decor) - Warn: failed to bind pixmap to texture compiz (decor) - Warn: failed to bind pixmap to texture compiz (decor) - Warn: failed to bind pixmap to texture I have downgraded the nvidia driver from 295.40 to 295.33 as .40 has known issues (although, not with the Quadro FX 1800 card I am using with this system). (I have also just enabled the ubuntu-proposed channel to see if the 5.12 update to unity and other compiz updates fix the bug and enabled and disabled the x-swat channel to downgrade the nvidia driver) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: unity 5.12-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 295.33 Sat Mar 17 14:55:45 PDT 2012 GCC version: gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,compiztoolbox,grid,snap,move,gnomecompat,mousepoll,imgpng,resize,place,regex,vpswitch,animation,unitymtgrabhandles,expo,wall,workarounds,ezoom,session,fade,scale,unityshell,scaleaddon] CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Tue May 1 11:50:31 2012 DistUpgraded: 2012-04-30 15:52:19,520 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: precise DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 295.33, 3.2.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation G94 [Quadro FX 1800] [10de:0638] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:062c] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429) JockeyStatus: xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use) xorg:nvidia_current_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Z400 Workstation ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic root=UUID=dec23202-2970-4015-8fd2-401d5b62dee7 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-30 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 04/06/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: 786G3 v03.07 dmi.board.asset.tag: SGH020R9J0 dmi.board.name: 0B4Ch dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: D dmi.chassis.asset.tag: SGH020R9J0 dmi.chassis.type: 6 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr786G3v03.07:bd04/06/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPZ400Workstation:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn0B4Ch:rvrD:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct6:cvr: dmi.product.name: HP Z400 Workstation dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu35 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu3 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2 ** Affects: compiz (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 precise ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/992344 Title: Graphical corruption and hangs when using Expo workspace switcher To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/992344/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs