window content doesn't refresh, only if window is moved

Just an addition: The bug shows similarities to this one, although it was only reported for Firefox:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1194358

Users report that compiz may cause the problems, and that would explain why the problem isn't present when using "Gnome Classic (no effects)" as compiz is not running there (but metacity).

So maybe the problem is compiz, not the nvidia driver?

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

No such problems with Chrome on the same system.

I'm experiencing the same issue. Firefox is severely impacted: changing tabs would not refresh the display on a ~1/4 probability. I could reproduce once or twice that problem on the console application. Gedit is nearly unusable, as writing text often does not refresh the actual content. I don't have problems with Chrome.

Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS, 3.13.0-65-generic
Window manager: Unity 3d

+------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 340.93 Driver Version: 340.93 |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
| 0 GeForce 310 Off | 0000:01:00.0 N/A | N/A |
| 25% 55C P0 N/A / N/A | 444MiB / 511MiB | N/A Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Compute processes: GPU Memory |
| GPU PID Process name Usage |
|=============================================================================|
| 0 Not Supported |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

With some help I meanwhile upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and the bug doesn't seem to appear there, even though the nvidia driver version is the same (I tried "Ubuntu" and "Gnome fallback Compiz"). Does that help in localizing the problem for people still using 12.04 LTS?

I'm experiencin the same issue. I can quote all of B. Nale's comment.
Nautilus, Gedit, Firefox... I have to drag the window to force repainting most of the time.

My current settings:

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise

$uname -a
Linux lucas-i5-u12 3.2.0-95-generic #135-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 10 13:33:29 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ nvidia-smi
Fri Dec 11 10:31:06 2015
+------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 340.96 Driver Version: 340.96 |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
| 0 GeForce GTX 660 Ti Off | 0000:01:00.0 N/A | N/A |
| 10% 24C P8 N/A / N/A | 344MiB / 2047MiB | N/A Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+

This problem was also present with Nvidia drivers version 331.113.

The problem appeared after a routine software update, in which following packages were updated or installed:

* Installed:
linux-image-3.2.0-89-generic (3.2.0-89.127)
linux-headers-3.2.0-89 (3.2.0-89.127)
linux-headers-3.2.0-89-generic (3.2.0-89.127)

* Updated (not exhaustive, on demand):
linux-generic (3.2.0.88.102, 3.2.0.89.103)
linux-image-generic (3.2.0.88.102, 3.2.0-89.103)
linux-headers-generic (3.2.0.88.102, 3.2.0-89.103)
linux-libc-dev (3.2.0-88.126, 3.2.0-89-127)
libexpat1-dev (2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.1, 2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.2)
libsnmp15 (5.4.3~dfsg-2.4ubuntu1.2, 5.4.3~dfsg-2.4ubuntu1.3)
libexpat1 (2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.1, 2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.2) <- this line appears twice
libsnmpbase (5.4.3~dfsg-2.4ubuntu1.2, 5.4.3~dfsg-2.4ubuntu1.3)
libsvn1 (1.6.17dsfg-3ubuntu3.4, 1.6.17dsfg-3ubuntu3.5)
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (2.26.1-1ubuntu1.1, 2.26.1-1ubuntu1.2) <- this line appears twice
xul-ext-ubufox (3.0-0ubuntu0.12.04.1, 3.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1)
gir1.2-gdk-pixbuf-2.0 (2.26.1-1ubuntu1.1, 2.26.1-1ubuntu1.2)
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common (2.26.1-1ubuntu1.1, 2.26.1-1ubuntu1.2)
firefox (39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.12.04.02, 40.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.01)

Some other packages (I don't know if they are related):
adobe-(flashplugin, flash-properties)
thunderbird-(globalmenu, gnome-support, locale-*)
icedtea-6-jre-(cacao, jamvm)
openjdk-6-jre-(headless, lib)
firefox-(locale-*, globalmenu)

I can not try upgrading Ubuntu to next LTS yet because I'm finishing some critical work first.

I have this problem too, I have to move the scrolls or drag the window or something like that to make the window refresh.

My environment:

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise

$ uname -a
Linux kandor 3.2.0-97-generic-pae #137-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 17 21:37:53 UTC 2015 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

$ nvidia-smi
Thu Jan 28 14:30:31 2016
+------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 340.96 Driver Version: 340.96 |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
| 0 GeForce 210 Off | 0000:01:00.0 N/A | N/A |
| N/A 43C P0 N/A / N/A | 457MiB / 1023MiB | N/A Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+

It happened after I installed the latest updates, including a kernel upgrade.

same issue here

tvanseve@tvanseve-ThinkPad-W530:~$ uname -a
Linux tvanseve-ThinkPad-W530 3.13.0-77-generic #121~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 20 18:02:20 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

tvanseve@tvanseve-ThinkPad-W530:~$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version: core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise

tvanseve@tvanseve-ThinkPad-W530:~$ nvidia-smi
Wed Feb 17 10:19:47 2016
+------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 340.96 Driver Version: 340.96 |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
| 0 Quadro K1000M Off | 0000:01:00.0 On | N/A |
| N/A 40C P8 N/A / N/A | 550MiB / 2047MiB | 8% Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Compute processes: GPU Memory |
| GPU PID Process name Usage |
|=============================================================================|
| No running compute processes found |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

tvanseve@tvanseve-ThinkPad-W530:~$ compiz --version
Compiz 0.9.7.12

can anyone recommend a temp workaround ?
i cant figure out how to downgrade the nvidia drivers to the last good version ...

fyi:
upgrade to kernel 3.13.0-79-generic doesnt change anything
compiz version i was using before the issue began and now (with the issue) is the same > dont think it's a compiz issue

yet another fyi :
i created a ticket @Nividia that points to this launchpad ticket : nvidia ticket #160303-000014

Workaround suggestion for comment #11:

The only workaround that has worked for me is to use Gnome Classic (no effects) desktop environment, making sure that no compiz processes are started. I am running a similar environment (12.04.5 LTS, 3.13.0-79-generic, nvidia 340.96).

Reference the discussion thread for Firefox at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1194358 -- Firefox seems particularly susceptible to this issue.

@M-winiarski : thanks for the tip. i'm now running unity 2-D (thus no compiz) and it works OK

btw : Thunderbird also quickly suffers from the refresh. seems like mozilla is using a screen refresh routine that is subject to this bug

update :
have been working with nvidia support (see https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/account/questions/detail/i_id/934112)
current status : upgraded nvidia drivers to 361.28 but the original issue remains ... :-(
will continue to work with nvidia and report back

nvidia claims that this is is known issue with the window manager :

"this is a duplicate of another Launchpad bug, and as I understand it, it’s a bug with Compiz and Mutter (the compositing managers of Unity and GNOME, respectively), see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/269904.

I believe it’s largely been fixed in Compiz, but that patch likely did not propagate to Ubuntu 12.04. I believe it’s in all Ubuntu versions >= 15.04, and probably is fixed in 14.04 as well (though not 14.10)."

so i'm afraid the only option is to upgrade to 15.04 (or maybe better 16.04) ...

guess this ticket can be closed ?

I'm having an issue very much like this one: repainting of certain windows just stop. Input, menu's, mouse everything still works fine - it's just the repainting of the window that stops. Only way to recover is to close the window and restart the application.

However, I am using 16.04 ...

Does anyone have suggestions on what I can try to investigate this?
Is there another bug report for this somewhere at the moment?

I'm using NVIDIA driver 367.57, kernel 4.4.0-64-generic and did NOT have this issue
prior to xenial (although, I think I made a huge leap when upgrading, I might have
skipped 14.x).

I think I'm experiencing the same thing as you, Carlo, and it also did not happen before using 16.04 and NVIDIA 367.57. So our bug is most likely another one.

A possible workaround, when this happens, is to change the rendering backend for the compositor. I have tried switching from OpenGl 3 to OpenGL 2, and that seems to fix the issue for me.

I see this bug is still unresolved, I am able to replicate the issue on my current setup:

https://twitter.com/RzrFreeFr/status/1044227788444758016

I use Xfce + nvidia and have the same/similar issue with Sketchup 2017 x64 in wine, Xubuntu 18.04 LTS. The menu and UI elements are fine but the main, OpenGL backed part is not updated until a mouse action - basically everything I do inside is delayed by one step.

Turning off compositor does NOT help, though. I have "Force Full Composition Pipeline" on.

I just did an apt upgrade yesterday (using 18.04) and have now acquired this same problem. I can force a repaint by minimizing and then unminimizing the window.

In my current setup (Ubuntu 18.04, nvidia-driver-430) I experience this issue when using Gnome-Calculator or gedit.

Most of the other applications are not affected.

Changing the gnome theme through the "GNOME-Tweaks" app helped to solve the problem. Affected themes are Ambiance and Radiance, all others seem to work

I have this same issue on my Acer swift3 laptop which doesn't have a graphics card. I think I have integrated intel graphics. Also I'm using Ubuntu with the MATE desktop environment.