Not sure where the problem lies, but I get around it by turning off compiz, then it all works fine. I did have to do a lot of work to get the nvidia card to work i the first place.
2009/1/10 haelix <[email protected]> > marfal: I think the problem you describe has more to do with bugs > #295991 (text disappears under compiz in intrepid) or #269904 (Screen > refresh problems with nvidia on intrepid) : is it me, or is your problem > a problem of non-screenshotable flickering/text blinking ? > > -- > openoffice and skype menus and buttons disappear and reappear hovering over > with mouse > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/286932 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in "compiz" source package in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: nvidia and compiz > > ubuntu hardy 64bit > openoffice 2.4 from repo > openoffice 3.0 from openoffice web-site > > hello > i had no problems till some days ago openoffice started to do something > quite annoying: > when i hover with mouse over the text on a drop-down-menu, like "file" or > "tools" or any other, the text and the icons disappear and reappear... also > the buttons like "OK" or "CANCEL" appear and disappear. > sometimes option-widows of openoffice open with no text or text just half > drowned. > klicking with mouse on windows lets text appear completely... > > i tryed other teams, also human, , it does not work. > removed ~/.gtk* but no avail. > > the only thing that works is to switch off compiz. > might this be related to new nvidia-drivers 177? > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > --- description update by Guglielmo Cola > It is definetely related to the use of nvidia driver version 177. > -- Mark Created on Ubuntu -- openoffice and skype menus and buttons disappear and reappear hovering over with mouse https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/286932 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
