I have not seen this with the standard Ubuntu 8.10 install wubi or
Clean. with the noteable excepion of when i was dealing with a game
under wine. but i know thats more wine related.
see if compiz is running and if so turn it off.
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 8:24 AM, Vaughn Treude <
vltreude@deru.com> wrote:
> kitepilot@kitepilot.com wrote:
>> At first I thought: "well... Those #$&% Nvidia drivers..."
>> But then I saw it happening with ATI boards.
>> Anecdotally I can say that I have seen it happening in just about each and
>> everyone of the 15-something computers (desktops and laptops) that I have
>> installed Kubuntu onto.
>>
>> And it SUCKS... :(
>>
>> Mostly with Firefox, but also with Konsole and other applications, suddenly
>> the display inside a particular window quits (it goes black)...
>> After resizing it a random amount of times (but mostly after shrinking it)
>> the display comes back alive and well.
>>
>>
> Is this related to scrolling? I have a problem with scrolling on my Dell
> notebook running Ubuntu. It actually only happens when connected to an
> external monitor, and then _usually_ only if I forget to turn on the
> external monitor until after it's booted. Any window that scrolls goes
> black in the scrolled portion. The window redraws itself correctly if I
> minimize and restore, or if I move another window in front of it
> temporarily. Restarting the X server does not help. The only cure for
> this maddening condition is to reboot.
>
> Vaughn
>
>> Keyboard and mouse input are taken (at least some times) cuz you can see
>> some reactions after the display comes back, but it is ungodly ANNOYING!!!
>>
>> Is anybody experiencing something like that, or is it the little gnome
>> following me again with the camera and laughing at my expenses?
>>
>> I mean, it would be funny...
>> If it wasn't happening to me... :(
>> ET
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