I now found out that the gray stripes have to do with the "compositing_manager" option under /apps/metacity/general . When enabled, I see the gray stripes. When disabled, I see my desktop but see garbage in some apps e.g. the VLC window (might be all Qt interfaces which fail).
-- [HD 3650] cannot start gnome X in intrepid (gray screen with horizontal thin flashing black lines) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272406 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
