Opened 3 years ago
#20728 new defect
VirtualBox Manager UI elements flicker with compositing disabled
Reported by: | adsr | Owned by: | |
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Component: | GUI | Version: | VirtualBox 6.1.30 |
Keywords: | Cc: | ||
Guest type: | other | Host type: | Linux |
Description
Since upgrading to 6.1.30, the manager UI (not the guest window) seems to flicker/lag when interacting with certain UI elements. Enabling compositing in xfwm4 fixes the issue.
System details:
user@host:~$ vboxmanage --version 6.1.30r148432 user@host:~$ cat /etc/*release PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid" NAME="Debian GNU/Linux" ID=debian HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/" SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/" user@host:~$ uname -a Linux host 5.14.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.14.9-2 (2021-10-03) x86_64 GNU/Linux user@host:~$ lspci -k | grep -A3 VGA 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics] (rev 02) Subsystem: Lenovo UHD Graphics Kernel driver in use: i915 Kernel modules: i915 user@host:~$ xfwm4 --version This is xfwm4 version 4.16.1 (revision 5f61a84ad) for Xfce 4.16 Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Compiled against GTK+-3.24.24, using GTK+-3.24.30. Build configuration and supported features: - Startup notification support: Yes - XSync support: Yes - Render support: Yes - Xrandr support: Yes - Xpresent support: Yes - X Input 2 support: No - Embedded compositor: Yes - Epoxy support: Yes - KDE systray proxy (deprecated): No user@host:~$ xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/use_compositing false user@host:~$ sudo X -version [sudo] password for user: X.Org X Server 1.20.11 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: linux Debian Current Operating System: Linux host 5.14.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.14.9-2 (2021-10-03) x86_64 Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.14.0-2-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/host--vg-root ro quiet Build Date: 13 April 2021 04:07:31PM xorg-server 2:1.20.11-1 (https://www.debian.org/support) Current version of pixman: 0.40.0 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. user@host:~$
Video of issue attached. (Apologies for phone camera video. Recording the window with ffmpeg -f x11grab ...
makes the issue disappear.)
Same issue on latest v6.1.31 test build.
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