Hey All, Looking through some of the bug history, it seems this is specific to Nvidia and the proprietary driver. I'm thinking this is really a duplicate of bug #269904.
In that bug, there is a patch provided by Nvidia that hopefully fixes that issue. At this time, we cannot get that patch into Compiz proper due to some silly licensing issue, but I have made a PPA that has the fix incorporated. This PPA has packages for Precise, Trusty, and Utopic. If anyone would like to test this out and report your results, please add https://launchpad.net/~townsend/+archive/compiz-nvidia- refresh-test and give it a try. I'm hoping that if we can get enough feedback that say this fixes the issue for many users, we can use that as leverage to get *something* done about getting the patch merged into Compiz. Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/729979 Title: [nvidia] Windows appear blank white Status in Compiz: Triaged Status in Compiz Core: Triaged Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “compiz” source package in Precise: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: compiz When switching focus from one window to another, the target window may become blank. See the attached screenshot, where I opened two gnome- terminals and clicked on their titlebars alternately - the issue was triggered after about 5-10 clicks. I've had this happen on other appications too, e.g. software-centre, empathy, etc. HOW TO REPRODUCE: 1. Minimize a window 2. Initiate Scale and deactivate it again (press Super+W to show all windows and then press it again to go back to normal) 3. Click the window icon on the launcher to maximize it again. 4. The window contents will be white or black depending on the Ubuntu version WORKAROUND: Uncheck CCSM -> Ubuntu Unity Plugin -> Switcher -> Show live previews of windows in the Switcher. Side-effect: scale doesn't show minimized windows. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/729979/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
