Bug#553681: mutter: The screen is refreshed every 5 seconds: it is unusable.

[Antoine Sirinelli]

Package: mutter
Version: 2.28.1~git20091024-1
Severity: important

Since I have installed it, mutter has never been usable. When I run it, my
whole screen is refreshed only every ~5 seconds. I can move windows, resize
them, interact with them, but I can only see the effects of my actions few
seconds later. The mouse cursor is the only thing which is refreshed normally.
Even animated icons as the Network-Manager ones are only refreshed every ~5
seconds.

Metacity, openbox and compiz are working fine. I can reproduce the same effect
with compiz if I check the option
"/apps/compiz/general/screen0/options/sync_to_vblank" which is described as
"Only perform screen updates during vertical blanking period".

I have not seen anything special in the .xsession-errors file.

My graphic card is an Inter i915.

Antoine



-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages mutter depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0         1.28.0-1             The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6               2.10.1-3             GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2           1.8.8-2              The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libclutter-1.0-0    1.0.8-1              Open GL based interactive canvas l
ii  libfontconfig1      2.6.0-4              generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6        2.3.11-1             FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4         2.28.0-1             GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgirepository1.0- 0.6.5-4              Library for handling GObject intro
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [li 7.6-1                A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  libglib2.0-0        2.22.2-2             The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0         2.18.3-1             The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6             2:1.0.5-1            X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libmutter-private0  2.28.1~git20091024-1 library for the Mutter window mana
ii  libpango1.0-0       1.26.0-1             Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libsm6              2:1.1.1-1            X11 Session Management library
ii  libstartup-notifica 0.10-1               library for program launch feedbac
ii  libx11-6            2:1.2.2-1            X11 client-side library
ii  libxcomposite1      1:0.4.0-4            X11 Composite extension library
ii  libxcursor1         1:1.1.9-1            X cursor management library
ii  libxdamage1         1:1.1.1-4            X11 damaged region extension libra
ii  libxext6            2:1.0.4-1            X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3          1:4.0.3-2            X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxinerama1        2:1.0.3-2            X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxrandr2          2:1.3.0-2            X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1         1:0.9.4-2            X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  mutter-common       2.28.1~git20091024-1 shared files for the Mutter window
ii  zenity              2.28.0-1             Display graphical dialog boxes fro

Versions of packages mutter recommends:
ii  gnome-session [x-ses 2.28.0-2            The GNOME Session Manager
ii  lxsession [x-session 0.3.8+svn20090521-1 a lightweight X11 session manager
ii  openbox [x-session-m 3.4.7.2-5           standards compliant, fast, light-w
ii  xfce4-session [x-ses 4.6.1-1             Xfce4 Session Manager

Versions of packages mutter suggests:
ii  gnome-control-center          1:2.28.1-1 utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gnome-themes                  2.28.1-1   official themes for the GNOME desk
ii  xdg-user-dirs                 0.10-1     tool to manage well known user dir

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