It happens to me as well (display: Samsung 37in Full HD LCD - 1920 x 1080) All the windows wider than something about 1024 pixels look black, they display correctly if resized smaller (like half of screen width).
-- background image and full screen video is not displayed when screen size it set too large. all i get is a black screen. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/474770 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
