After I posted my last response, I realized that the "Legacy Fullscreen" option in compizconfig-settings-manager didn't actually resolve the problem. It reduced it, but flickers to show the desktop still occur.
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 11:28 AM, manzur <[email protected]> wrote: > because it is not the right way to solve, i think it is due to an > internal code error > > -- > [MASTER] Applications are flickering/flashing in full screen mode > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/153204 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of a duplicate bug. > > Status in Compiz: New > Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: compiz > > Whenever a pulldown menu is activated (i dont know the right word here) the > screen flickers and the menu does not work. Sometime the entire screen is > filled with garbage momentarily. Other times a large diagonal bar flickers > over the entire screen. REPRODUCE: use the firefox search bar to search for > a couple of words starting with "aa". Then move into the search box and type > an a and possibly arrow down key. this should pop up a list of previous > search terms, but instead just causes flickering and strangeness. by moving > the window out of fullscreen mode (into maximized state only, for example) > everything works nicely. > > This is gutsy, updated/upgraded via apt-get yesterday, running on a lenovo > thinkpad x60 w/intel 945 graphics. OpenGL programs work nicely on this > machine, with compiz they are somewhat slower. I run the normal X server, > not Xgl, since when I enable Xgl everything except panning between > workspaces gets very slow (wobbling, for instance). > > I have enabled "extra" desktop effects - wobbling, panning workspace > switching (not the cube). I run many workspaces and switch between them with > ctrl-f1, ctrl-f2 etc. > > I usually dedicate some workspaces to running applications in full-screen > (not maximized, but full-screen) mode - an xterm for irc on one workspace, a > fullscreen firefox on another, etc. Normally I have a desktop shortcut > (shift-ctrl-enter) to toggle fullscreen, so i use it a lot. > -- Julian Lam Hons. BMus. III, McMaster University (416) 843-4323 | http://www.kareeser.com -- [MASTER] Applications are flickering/flashing in full screen mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/153204 You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~compiz Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~compiz More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
