Bug 154133 - Embeded flash in browser generates shadow effect on desktop
Summary: Embeded flash in browser generates shadow effect on desktop
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: compositing (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Compiled Sources Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2007-12-15 19:55 UTC by J.O. Aho
Modified: 2008-07-18 19:56 UTC (History)
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Description J.O. Aho 2007-12-15 19:55:01 UTC
Version:           Plasma/kwin  3.97.1 (using KDE Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources
Compiler:          gcc 4.1.2 amd64
OS:                Linux

When browsing with SeaMonkey to a site which has embedded flash, a shadow area is generated on the desktops top-left corner, which are always ontop. The shadow effect is sightly larger than what the flash is on the web page.
If the flash is big enough, then the shadow area will cover parts of the web browser, which prevents you to see whats on the page, prevents you to see thge web browsers toolbar and the window decoration for the web browser (this applies to any other application that is on the same virtual desktop).

Trying to use xwininfo to get some information about the shadow ain't possible, and it ain't possible to kill it with xkill, then only way to get rid of those are to leave the page with the embedded flash.


SeaMonkey 1.1.7
Adobe Flash: 9.0.42
KDE: 3.97.1
Comment 1 Lubos Lunak 2007-12-17 18:50:34 UTC
I cannot reproduce. Is there anything special about your setup?
Comment 2 J.O. Aho 2007-12-17 18:55:14 UTC
As far as I know there shouldn't be anything special about the system, default KDE4 settings (I think, I doubt the layman overlay has anything special in it).
Comment 3 Martin Flöser 2007-12-17 21:11:45 UTC
I can confirm this bug. My roommate has the same problem. It occurs for embedded flash in Firefox 2.0.0.11. He uses KDE 4.0 RC2 packages for Kubuntu on an AMD64 system.
Comment 4 romain arcila 2007-12-31 10:30:41 UTC
Same bug, on my computer, KDE is compiled from svn (yesterday), but was also present before
Comment 5 romain arcila 2008-01-01 14:09:01 UTC
More information about my config: 
firefox version: 2.0.0.11
flash version:9.0 r48 using nsplugin
CG: nvidia 7600 gs
Comment 6 Michi 2008-04-02 23:47:51 UTC
Same Problem here with Firefox 2.0.0.13
KDE 4.0.3 running on Ubuntu 64-bit System (7.10)
i also use nvidia 7600 GS
Comment 7 Tim Climis 2008-04-05 16:24:06 UTC
Same problem with Firefox 2.0.0.13
KDE 4.0.3, but since 4.0.0
Gentoo amd64

Doesn't happen in konqueror, and persists on all virtual desktops, not just the one with the browser.
Comment 8 mutlu inek 2008-04-05 22:04:34 UTC
I had this problem a few months ago, but it has disappeared, I believe with the move to qt 4.4 (beta, at the time).
Comment 9 Martin Flöser 2008-07-18 19:56:01 UTC
This problem seems to have gone. Probably was related either to proprietary Flash or nVidia driver. So changing to invalid.