VirtualBox

Ticket #4653 (reopened defect)

Opened 8 months ago

Last modified 4 weeks ago

Final frame of Compiz animation not updated to the screen -> Fixed in SVN.

Reported by: TheMattrix Assigned to:
Priority: major Component: 3D support
Version: VirtualBox 3.0.2 Keywords: compiz
Cc: Guest type: Linux
Host type: Windows

Description

I have Ubuntu 9.04 installed under VirtualBox 3.0.2 running in Windows 7.

With Compiz enabled, all animations are performed smoothly and without flaw save for this one notable exception - the final frames of any animation are not updated to the screen. Only when the screen is again updated does the previous animation get drawn.

Unfortunately, this is not limited to fancy animations but applies to any screen update. When typing, a character does not appear after a key-press until the following key-press, so text boxes always appear to have a one-character lag.

However, if there is a continual on-screen animation (such as a progress bar), all screen updates seem to complete.

I've attached two screen-shots. The first is after closing a window, and the second is after clicking on a menu. The desktop would remain as shown in the screen-shots until something else was updated on the screen.

Attachments

Compiz01.jpg (304.8 kB) - added by TheMattrix on 2009-07-30 02:56:30.
closing a window
Compiz02.jpg (293.6 kB) - added by TheMattrix on 2009-07-30 02:56:59.
opening a menu
VBox.log (60.3 kB) - added by TheMattrix on 2009-07-30 02:57:51.
log of the session in which the screen-shots were taken
VBox-2009-11-30-16-03-47.log (85.6 kB) - added by cornelius on 2009-11-30 23:12:27.
log of a session where the bug still persists with VBox 3.1
Ubuntu Desktop-2009-12-01-10-23-38.log (46.3 kB) - added by markedwards on 2009-12-01 19:37:35.
Attaching a log report of with the bug present. OS X 10.6.2 with Virtualbox 3.1.0r55467 host, Ubuntu 9.10 32-bit Desktop guest. This is a fresh install from the .iso with this version of Virtualbox. I definitely have the proper guest additions installed. Incidentally, this session was a boot into windowed mode, and ended in a crash (machine aborted) when I tried to go to fullscreen mode, although this doesn't appear to be reflected in the log. I see this kind of instability regularly when trying to use 3D with Ubuntu. It's basically unusable with 3D at this point, in my configuration, although with 3D off it is quite stable. Thanks!
VBox-2009-12-01-13-20-04.log (103.0 kB) - added by cornelius on 2009-12-01 20:28:08.
log of a session where the bug still persists after reinstalling guest additions once more
VBox.log.3 (62.6 kB) - added by antonioe on 2009-12-10 04:17:50.
3.1.0 on OS X 10.6.2 Dec 9 2009
Ubuntu-2009-12-09-21-52-09.log (78.9 kB) - added by cornelius on 2009-12-11 18:52:10.
log of a session where the bug still persists with a fresh guest OS installation on a new VM
VBox.log.1 (62.1 kB) - added by jptech on 2009-12-29 19:15:13.
log from jptech 29-Dec-2009

Change History

2009-07-30 02:56:30 changed by TheMattrix

  • attachment Compiz01.jpg added.

closing a window

2009-07-30 02:56:59 changed by TheMattrix

  • attachment Compiz02.jpg added.

opening a menu

2009-07-30 02:57:51 changed by TheMattrix

  • attachment VBox.log added.

log of the session in which the screen-shots were taken

(follow-up: ↓ 2 ) 2009-07-30 13:38:41 changed by michael

You might want to search for similar bug reports regarding Compiz, as I have seen this behaviour on physical hardware too, although only for some applications. If you do, feel free to add information and/or links to this ticket.

(in reply to: ↑ 1 ) 2009-07-30 22:08:01 changed by TheMattrix

Replying to michael:

You might want to search for similar bug reports regarding Compiz, as I have seen this behaviour on physical hardware too, although only for some applications. If you do, feel free to add information and/or links to this ticket.

I had scoured the internet for about a week prior to filing this report. I could not find any mention of a similar problem on the VirtualBox forums, the Compiz forums, bug-trackers for either project, nor any other site for that matter.

Actually, the closest I found was one locked topic on the VirtualBox forums which didn't mention a solution. As per the moderator's suggestion, I did search for other related threads...and found nothing.

2009-07-30 22:30:16 changed by michael

These look similar (the second comment on the first ticket is mine. I saw similar issues to what you describe in the VirtualBox machine selector when I was using Compiz. Whether or not a VM was running was not relevant).

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/meta-kde/+bug/335803 http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=132476 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/+source/compiz/+bug/269904

2009-08-06 22:22:49 changed by moltendorf

I am having this same issue, except the host is Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit with Service Pack 1 (not Windows 7), and on Ubuntu 9.04 64-bit on both VirtualBox 3.0.2, and 3.0.4. This does not occur under VirtualBox 2.2.x. I have tested this with a vanilla install of Ubuntu 9.04 64-bit with Guest Additions installed.

2009-08-08 21:31:38 changed by SirNuke

I'm seeing this exact problem as well with Windows XP SP3 32-bit as the host, and Ubuntu 9.04 32-bit guest with Compiz enabled (VirtualBox 3.0.2). Compiz on the guest worked with the VirtualBox 2.2 releases.

2009-08-24 16:25:34 changed by JonathanHarford

I'm having the same issue.
VirtualBox 3.0.4
Host: 64-bit Vista Home Premium SP1
Guest: Ubuntu 9.04 64-bit OR Ubuntu 9.04 32-bit

Here's a mention of (what seems to be) the same problem in the forum:
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&p=91835

2009-09-03 16:10:27 changed by mouridis

Exactly the same issue here. The problem wasn't there on VirtualBox 2.2.x

I'm using VirtualBox 3.0.4 r50677 on Windows Vista Business SP2 32-bit with Ubuntu 9.04 32-bit as the guest OS.

Maybe it has something to do with the graphics driver on the host OS? I use an ATI HD2600XT video card with Catalyst 8.8.

2009-09-08 23:37:25 changed by no1

Exact same problem here. In VBox 2.2.4 desktop effects in Ubuntu 9.04 were smooth and no ghosting issues at all.

After upgrading to Vbox 3.x I'm experiencing noticable lag and the same ghost windows that others are seeing.

Host: VBox 3.0.4 Windows 7 x64 RTM Intel E8500 @3.13 ATI Radeon HD 4800, Catalyst 9.8

Guest: Ubuntu 9.04 Latest Guest Additions installed

2009-09-10 21:36:22 changed by markedwards

There are at least two forum posts complaining about this very issue, both noting that it was fine in 2.2.4:

http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20884

http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=19352

2009-09-17 02:40:49 changed by TheMattrix

The issue continues to persist in Virtualbox 3.0.6.

2009-09-23 00:10:38 changed by mouridis

I can also verify the the issue is NOT fixed in 3.0.6

2009-10-01 00:22:23 changed by rkroes

I can also confirm this is not fixed in 3.0.6. It was working brilliantly prior to version 3.

Please fix this soon :-)

2009-10-02 04:34:49 changed by Exillis

Can this bug get a bump to higher priority?

This is a really annoying bug. It's so bad I've reverted back to 2.x. Compiz worked correctly (and had good performance) right up until 3.0.0 and has been broken ever since.

2009-10-07 12:53:58 changed by mouridis

The issue persists also in VirtualBox 3.0.8

2009-10-07 13:49:18 changed by leonid

We're aware of this issue and are looking for a solution. So far it's caused by xdamage notification not arriving before the last pixmap update.

2009-10-25 03:35:39 changed by ugtar

Do you need any help resolving this issue (not that I'm an expert on anything X -- this issue just bugs me so much that I'd be willing to chip in if someone could point me in the right direction).

2009-10-30 04:50:07 changed by cornelius

I posted a workaround here, until this gets fixed:
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20884&p=105915#p105915

(follow-ups: ↓ 19 ↓ 20 ) 2009-11-05 01:19:54 changed by Arno

Still the problem in VirtualBox 3.0.10 r54097

(in reply to: ↑ 18 ) 2009-11-05 14:13:24 changed by Arno

Replying to Arno:

Still the problem in VirtualBox 3.0.10 r54097

Edit: Occur both with Ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10

(in reply to: ↑ 18 ) 2009-11-05 20:58:52 changed by Exillis

Replying to Arno:

Still the problem in VirtualBox 3.0.10 r54097

Confirmed. This is not however a Linux guest specific issue since it occurs on OpenSolaris? as well. It is definitely an issue with X and/or compiz.

2009-11-12 22:28:56 changed by arknu

Still happening in 3.1.0 BETA1. An open-source product that cannot run another open-source product...

2009-11-13 09:05:11 changed by frank

So? Where is your contribution?

2009-11-17 21:26:06 changed by markedwards

No change in VirtualBox 3.0.12. Problem still exists, including redraw/screen update issues, and crashing.

2009-11-18 10:56:53 changed by jptech

I'm glad to see a decent bug report for this issue. It's been annoying me for 6 months now.

2009-11-18 11:38:51 changed by no1

Really hope this can be looked at as a priority for the next release. Even if the next release contained no fixes other than this one, I think people would be pretty happy.

2009-11-19 05:05:53 changed by swaj

This issue has been happening for me too, since at least 3.0.2. I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit with Ubuntu 9.04 and Linux Mint 7 guests and it happens no matter which guest I use. I would be really nice if this could become a priority.

(follow-up: ↓ 32 ) 2009-11-19 13:59:31 changed by leonid

  • summary changed from Final frame of Compiz animation not updated to the screen to Final frame of Compiz animation not updated to the screen -> Fixed in SVN..

(follow-up: ↓ 29 ) 2009-11-19 14:28:33 changed by Arno

Could you please tell me what is SVN ?

(in reply to: ↑ 28 ) 2009-11-19 14:38:33 changed by Arno

Replying to Arno:

Could you please tell me what is SVN ?

Ok, forget about that ... If I do not make a mistake SN should be for Sub Version ... !?
and the N for ???

2009-11-19 14:57:35 changed by frank

Well, the N is for the final n in subversion. The subversion tool is actually called svn.

(in reply to: ↑ description ) 2009-11-19 23:35:31 changed by adz

I have same issue with 3.0.12 running on Windows 7 64-bit host and Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit (Karmic) Desktop.

Tried 3.1 BETA but this breaks all Compiz 3D desktop effects.

(in reply to: ↑ 27 ) 2009-11-20 05:13:49 changed by Exillis

Replying to leonid:

A huge thank you to leonid for this fix. The #1 reason for me to upgrade to 3.1.0!

2009-11-20 06:17:18 changed by markedwards

Will this fix address both the crashing/instability and the frame updating issues? Are these the same bug?

2009-11-20 07:35:04 changed by frank

Please check the Beta 2 which is available in some hours. It contains these fixes.

2009-11-20 16:18:45 changed by swaj

I have installed Beta 2 of v3.1.0, and this problem still occurs.

2009-11-20 16:43:13 changed by swaj

Please see the below screencast to watch the behavor in 3.1.0 BETA2. This is running on a Windows 7 64-bit host (Core I7). The guest is Linux Mint 7 32-bit with the latest VirtualBox Guest Additions installed. Hope this helps!

http://geeksharp.net/video/vbox-3d-bug.mp4

2009-11-20 23:15:52 changed by arknu

I can confirm this is still occuring using 3.1 BETA 2 and Ubuntu 9.10 (x86) as the guest running on Windows x64 host

2009-11-21 21:58:55 changed by reydan

Also confirming this still occurs under 3.1 BETA 2, Gentoo x64 as the guest running on Windows 7 x64 host, even after installing and reinstalling Guest additions 3.1 beta 2.

2009-11-22 21:20:38 changed by frank

  • summary changed from Final frame of Compiz animation not updated to the screen -> Fixed in SVN. to Final frame of Compiz animation not updated to the screen.

Unfortunately it turns out that this is not fixed yet.

2009-11-23 12:11:48 changed by leonid

Proper fix didn't went to beta2, so you'd have to wait a bit more.

2009-11-26 10:32:41 changed by sandervl73

Beta 3 is out now with hopefully the final fix.

2009-11-26 20:35:52 changed by vanos

I can confirm that its now working (the last frame is shown properly) in Beta 3. I tried with win7 host and Linux Mint guest.

Good work!!

2009-11-26 23:09:58 changed by arknu

Confirmed fixed as well with Windows x64 host and Ubuntu 9.10 x86 guest.

2009-11-27 10:06:21 changed by leonid

  • summary changed from Final frame of Compiz animation not updated to the screen to Final frame of Compiz animation not updated to the screen -> Fixed in SVN..

2009-11-28 01:17:57 changed by Arno

Sorry but ... it does not work with my configuration

Vbox Beta 3.1.0_beta3r55271
Vista 64bits host and Ubuntu 9.10 64bits guest.

In fact now Ubuntu does not even want to activate visual effects at all.

(follow-up: ↓ 48 ) 2009-11-28 11:27:01 changed by vanos

To Arno:

Have you reinstalled guest addons?

2009-11-28 15:27:24 changed by leonid

There was a problem with 64bit linuxes which ain't related to this ticket but anyway it's fixed after beta3.

(in reply to: ↑ 46 ) 2009-11-28 16:08:58 changed by Arno

Replying to vanos:

To Arno: Have you reinstalled guest addons?

This is a clean installation of ubuntu 9.10 64bits with only R and Grass installed. Ubuntu is up to date and guest additions were re-installed after migration to beta3.

Is this bug specific to me ?

2009-11-30 03:45:03 changed by reydan

Confirmed fixed as well with Windows 7 x64 host and Gentoo Linux x64 guest.

2009-11-30 14:31:52 changed by frank

  • status changed from new to closed.
  • resolution set to fixed.

2009-11-30 22:55:42 changed by cornelius

The bug doesn't seem to be fixed for me.

Vbox 3.1.0_r55467 Host: OSX 10.6.2 Guest: Ubuntu 9.10

(I installed the latest guest additions and rebooted).

2009-11-30 23:08:25 changed by cornelius

I should add that my guest is 64-bit.

2009-11-30 23:12:27 changed by cornelius

  • attachment VBox-2009-11-30-16-03-47.log added.

log of a session where the bug still persists with VBox 3.1

2009-12-01 06:02:21 changed by markedwards

  • status changed from closed to reopened.
  • resolution deleted.

Also on OS X 10.6.2, and this issue persists, with both Ubuntu 9.10 32-bit and 9.10 64-bit. The 32-bit is a fresh install.

This appears to perhaps be fixed only for Windows hosts.

2009-12-01 09:49:33 changed by frank

cornelius, according to your log file you didn't update the guest additions to 3.1.0. Please do and attach a new VBox.log file if the problem still exists!

markedwards, you didn't attach a VBox.log file!

2009-12-01 10:29:44 changed by leonid

Exactly what Frank wrote abobe, "00:00:29.434 VM: Raising runtime error '3DSupportIncompatibleAdditions' (fFlags=0x4) 772 00:00:29.434 Console: VM runtime error: fatal=false, errorID=3DSupportIncompatibleAdditions message="An attempt by the virtual machine to use hardware 3D acceleration failed. The version of the Guest Additions installed in the virtual machine does not match the version of VirtualBox on the host. Please install appropriate Guest Additions to fix this issue"

Also, please stick to the topic. If Compiz doesn't work at all it's a different issue. This ticket is about lag with the last animation frame.

2009-12-01 19:37:35 changed by markedwards

  • attachment Ubuntu Desktop-2009-12-01-10-23-38.log added.

Attaching a log report of with the bug present. OS X 10.6.2 with Virtualbox 3.1.0r55467 host, Ubuntu 9.10 32-bit Desktop guest. This is a fresh install from the .iso with this version of Virtualbox. I definitely have the proper guest additions installed. Incidentally, this session was a boot into windowed mode, and ended in a crash (machine aborted) when I tried to go to fullscreen mode, although this doesn't appear to be reflected in the log. I see this kind of instability regularly when trying to use 3D with Ubuntu. It's basically unusable with 3D at this point, in my configuration, although with 3D off it is quite stable. Thanks!

2009-12-01 20:26:39 changed by cornelius

Frank, I don't know if there was a problem with the guest additions installation yesterday, but I just reinstalled the guest additions once more, rebooted the guest, and the problem is still there. I'm attaching the new log.

2009-12-01 20:28:08 changed by cornelius

  • attachment VBox-2009-12-01-13-20-04.log added.

log of a session where the bug still persists after reinstalling guest additions once more

2009-12-03 02:04:21 changed by Arno

Finally !!! Well done ! It works with Vbox 3.1.0, Vista 64 host and ubuntu 9.10 64 !!

2009-12-10 04:17:50 changed by antonioe

  • attachment VBox.log.3 added.

3.1.0 on OS X 10.6.2 Dec 9 2009

2009-12-10 04:22:02 changed by antonioe

Unfortunately I am having the same experience as markedwards. I have attached my VBox.log.3 dated Dec 9 2009. Thanks for your efforts.

2009-12-10 04:57:51 changed by cornelius

On an OS X 10.6.2 host, I tried creating a new VM with VBox 3.1.0, installing a fresh 64-bit Ubuntu 9.10 as guest, then mounting the guest additions iso, installing guest additions, and rebooting the guest: The issue is still there.

(follow-up: ↓ 62 ) 2009-12-11 11:48:12 changed by leonid

Once again...Please don't post here if your problem is NOT related to the compiz animation delays.

Antonioe: according to your log, you DO NOT have 3d acceleration enabled for VM. So I highly doubt you could run compiz on guest and get the animation issue.

Cornelius: Which issue is still there?

2009-12-11 18:40:27 changed by cornelius

leonid: The issue is the same one shown in the video above: http://geeksharp.net/video/vbox-3d-bug.mp4

That is, the last frame of any animation (or change) is not shown until something (like cursor blinking, system-monitor applet graph update, clock applet time update, etc.) forces a refresh. The issue includes window opening/closing animations, typing (where the last typed character(s) don't appear until the next blinking of the cursor), and menu item selection (the previously selected item is highlighted, but not the currently selected one, i.e., selection visual stays "behind in time" of the actual selection).

This issue happens only when compiz is running. With metacity, this issue is not seen. I'm attaching a VBox.log for the fresh installation I mentioned last time.

Thanks for following up on the issue even if it seems to be fixed for some people (only Windows hosts maybe?)

2009-12-11 18:52:10 changed by cornelius

  • attachment Ubuntu-2009-12-09-21-52-09.log added.

log of a session where the bug still persists with a fresh guest OS installation on a new VM

(in reply to: ↑ 60 ) 2009-12-13 02:05:50 changed by antonioe

Replying to leonid:

Antonioe: according to your log, you DO NOT have 3d acceleration enabled for VM. So I highly doubt you could run compiz on guest and get the animation issue.

Hmmm... with so many tries I may have posted a log from a "reset" try... just repeated the attempt, made SURE 3D Accel WAS enabled before firing up the VM, then System->Preferences->Appearances->Visual Effects DID allowed me to choose "Extra" and Voila! the "Missing last keystroke/Ghost last window animation frame" syndrome is still there (I'm sure there is a command line way of doing all that, but I'l an old COBOL programmer and only know how to do it by GUI). I have a log of that. Anybody interested in my posting it? Otherwise, and since I see I'm not the only one observing this trouble, I'll sit quietly until it's resolved. Ciao!

2009-12-18 00:38:06 changed by markedwards

Issue is still present with VirtualBox 3.1.2 r56127, OSX 10.6.2 host, Ubuntu 9.10 guest, 32-bit and 64-bit.

2009-12-18 07:34:33 changed by leonid

So looks like it's present only on OSX hosts. Got an idea why so should be fixed soon.

2009-12-29 19:13:50 changed by jptech

I'm still having a problem with 3.0.12. I've always assumed this was the related bug. I'll attach a log file.

My host OS is Win7. I'm using 3.0.12 tools. I booted a new install of Ubuntu 9.10, opened and closed a single window, and shut down. When I close a window it will go half transparent. I have to perform another action to get it to disappear completely.

Please let me know if I can provide any additional info.

2009-12-29 19:15:13 changed by jptech

  • attachment VBox.log.1 added.

log from jptech 29-Dec-2009

2009-12-29 19:56:56 changed by markedwards

jptech:

Read the thread before posting. The issue was addressed in VBox 3.1 for Windows hosts.

2009-12-30 00:45:42 changed by jptech

Version 3.1.2 DOES work for me. Apparently I didn't drink enough coffee today and was thinking 3.0.12 was the latest version while reading the 3.1.2 patch notes. Incidentally, the in application 'Check for Updates' was telling me I had the most recent version when I was running 3.0.12.

Thanks for the reply Mark and thank you to whoever fixed the issue!

2010-01-11 22:31:15 changed by wader

I can confirm this with VirtualBox 3.1.2 on Mac OS 10.6.2 as host and Ubuntu 9.10 amd64 as guest

2010-01-12 02:24:24 changed by antonioe

Uhh.. what are you confirming: that the issue has been fixed on a Mac OS host or that it is still there?

2010-01-12 02:43:14 changed by wader

sorry, that i still have the issue

2010-01-13 09:31:43 changed by BarryCent

I can confirm also that I am experiencing the same issue on a Mac OS X 10.6 host and Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit guest running in VirtualBox 3.1.2. This is a fresh installation of Ubuntu too.

I have the same setup on another system which is a slower system with Windows XP as the host and it works fine on there.

2010-02-15 00:27:50 changed by markedwards

Issue is still present in VBox 3.1.4, using Ubuntu 9.10 32-bit guest on OS X 10.6.2 host.

2010-02-15 09:59:00 changed by BarryCent

I can also confirm that this issue is still present in VirtualBox 3.1.4, running an Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit guest under Mac OS 10.6.

I have performed a clean installation of both Ubuntu and VirtualBox, deleting all settings and re-creating the virtual machine from scratch.

Would it be possible for someone to look into this issue please?


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