scrambled desktops - again, and again, and again

[Colin Law]

On 21 November 2013 02:47, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
> Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 5:47:50 AM, compdoc wrote:
>
>>> Agreed - that is one of the first things I did. :-) I usually use
>> diskutility - it gives a bunch of smart info.
>>> The disk seems fine - passed, no errors at all - it is a pretty new disk.
>
>> That's perfect. At least the drive is good...
>
> But - the problem is still there... :-( I'm assuming since there are
> no other replies that others are not seeing this. It seems like a
> software problem because it happens when I do some [usually file]
> operation - opening, closing, saving etc. That does sound like it
> might be a possible disk issue which is why I checked it first.
>
> Any suggestion for which log(s) might give useful info? Is there a way
> to track what the windows are doing with respect to the desktops? This
> might give some clue as to what is happening...

Are you running standard Ubuntu with Unity (plus the extra packages
you have installed)?

Have you tweaked Compiz in any way?

Colin