Upgraded to 10.10; graphics issue

[plzdontkillme11]

Hi,

Just last night I upgraded to 10.10. Everything went smoothly, except for one thing. When I boot, the background is white, and whenever I try to tweak the preferences, a few things happen.
1) The background flickers from white to my actual wallpaper
2) On my AWN Dock, a bunch of window images pop um titled "Unititled Window." These don't stay for long - they disappear as soon as the next window pops up so it doesn't hog the whole dock.

I hope I've given a good description of the problem. Of course, please ask for any technical information.

Thanks!

[plzdontkillme11]

I can't believe I forgot to post this, but I'm using a Toshiba Satellite L305 with intel integrated graphics.

Here's some additional info.


vignesh@vignesh-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C display
[sudo] password for vignesh:
*-display:0
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 07
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:45 memory:d0000000-d03fffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:5110(size=8)
*-display:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Display controller
product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
version: 07
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:d3500000-d35fffff



vignesh@vignesh-laptop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)

[Imxset21]

Are you using Compiz Window Manager? Sometimes you have to tweak those settings, too.

Also, do you have OpenGL installed?

[plzdontkillme11]

Yes, I use CompizConfig. I'm not sure if I have OpenGL installed, is there a way to check?

[plzdontkillme11]

I looked in Synaptic and saw a "Qt 4 OpenGL module" installed. Is this it?

[plzdontkillme11]

Yeah, OpenGL is installed. Looked more thoroughly in synaptic.

[plzdontkillme11]

UPDATE:

Graphics effects still work. For example, I enabled wobbly windows in compiz, and it runs without lag.

[plzdontkillme11]

Ok, so the person in this link - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=144131 - has the exact same problem that I do. I tried the solution given, but there is no "current session" tab in gnome-session-properties.

By the way, my background is now black with NO icons. I tried reinstalling xorg, which didn't work, and, just for the heck of it, tried to change my background. That's why it's like this now.

[plzdontkillme11]

Bump.

[plzdontkillme11]

Ok, two things:

1) I reinstalled Ubuntu using the instructions from this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGnsYuWS0xY
Worked perfectly - but deskop is still pitch black and unresponsive. On a good note, I managed to fix all my sound issues.
2) I searched everywhere for a solution. I'm coming up empty handed. The one solution that I found doesn't work since I have a later version.

I have no idea what to do. To reiterate - everything works perfectly. The only issue: my desktop is gone.

[plzdontkillme11]

Haha, FIXED! That was a nightmare.

[omega0]

hello,

how did you fix your issue? I am having a similar problem. After upgrading from 10.04 to 10.10 the background is gray and a fuzzy image of everything I do is left in the background. If I go to System > Administration> NVIDIA X Server Settings and change the resolution from auto to 1920x1200 and apply it resolves the situation, I get the background back and there is no fuzzy images in the background, until I restart the computer, then I need to do it again.