I'm experiencin the same issue. I can quote all of B. Nale's comment. Nautilus, Gedit, Firefox... I have to drag the window to force repainting most of the time.
My current settings: $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS Release: 12.04 Codename: precise $uname -a Linux lucas-i5-u12 3.2.0-95-generic #135-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 10 13:33:29 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ nvidia-smi Fri Dec 11 10:31:06 2015 +------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 340.96 Driver Version: 340.96 | |-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC | | Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. | |===============================+======================+======================| | 0 GeForce GTX 660 Ti Off | 0000:01:00.0 N/A | N/A | | 10% 24C P8 N/A / N/A | 344MiB / 2047MiB | N/A Default | +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ This problem was also present with Nvidia drivers version 331.113. The problem appeared after a routine software update, in which following packages were updated or installed: * Installed: linux-image-3.2.0-89-generic (3.2.0-89.127) linux-headers-3.2.0-89 (3.2.0-89.127) linux-headers-3.2.0-89-generic (3.2.0-89.127) * Updated (not exhaustive, on demand): linux-generic (3.2.0.88.102, 3.2.0.89.103) linux-image-generic (3.2.0.88.102, 3.2.0-89.103) linux-headers-generic (3.2.0.88.102, 3.2.0-89.103) linux-libc-dev (3.2.0-88.126, 3.2.0-89-127) libexpat1-dev (2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.1, 2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.2) libsnmp15 (5.4.3~dfsg-2.4ubuntu1.2, 5.4.3~dfsg-2.4ubuntu1.3) libexpat1 (2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.1, 2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.2) <- this line appears twice libsnmpbase (5.4.3~dfsg-2.4ubuntu1.2, 5.4.3~dfsg-2.4ubuntu1.3) libsvn1 (1.6.17dsfg-3ubuntu3.4, 1.6.17dsfg-3ubuntu3.5) libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (2.26.1-1ubuntu1.1, 2.26.1-1ubuntu1.2) <- this line appears twice xul-ext-ubufox (3.0-0ubuntu0.12.04.1, 3.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) gir1.2-gdk-pixbuf-2.0 (2.26.1-1ubuntu1.1, 2.26.1-1ubuntu1.2) libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common (2.26.1-1ubuntu1.1, 2.26.1-1ubuntu1.2) firefox (39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.12.04.02, 40.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.01) Some other packages (I don't know if they are related): adobe-(flashplugin, flash-properties) thunderbird-(globalmenu, gnome-support, locale-*) icedtea-6-jre-(cacao, jamvm) openjdk-6-jre-(headless, lib) firefox-(locale-*, globalmenu) I can not try upgrading Ubuntu to next LTS yet because I'm finishing some critical work first. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1503310 Title: window content doesn't refresh, only if window is moved To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/1503310/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
