Top line in window flickers

[Michael]

This is after an upgrade (clean hard drive install) of Ubuntu 7.10

Whenever a window is clicked to fill the screen (maximized with the little box), the top bar (the one where the X is) will flicker and go from the theme color to a gray color. It is very fast, but still sometimes the entire "line" stays the gray color, until I move the cursor around in a top corner (either one, doesn't matter).

It happens no matter that theme I use – even the “human” one. I have not changed any desktop settings, other than to use a theme. The monitor is a Hanns-G 19 inch flatscreen running at 1280X1024 and 50Hz. Video card is a GeForce 5500.

I did not have this problem with Ubuntu version 7.04, which I ran at the same size and resolution on the same system and monitor.

[Nanley Chery (nanoman)]

Are you running compiz? Also could you attach a screenshot of the problem?

[Madmac (michaelmcmaster)]

Howdy!

Okay, I have attached 2 screenshots that may make it a bit more
understandable. As you can see, the very top of the screen gets wonky
and winds up with the color going away. It does that with any program,
not just Thunderbird or Firefox.

As for running Compiz, I don't know, I can't seem to locate anything
that says "Compiz" that can be turned on or off. If you are talking
about System->Preferences->Advanced Desktop Effects Settings, nothing
seems to be it, since nothing I change in that makes a difference.

Thanks!

Michael

Nanley Chery wrote:
> Are you running compiz? Also could you attach a screenshot of the
> problem?
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Nanley Chery (nanoman)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

[Nanley Chery (nanoman)]

The screenshots you've mentioned are nowhere to be found. To attach a picture, click the Browse... button at the bottom of the screen and select the picture through the dialog that opens up. You can tell if you are using compiz if you experience cool effects - shadows mainly. You could also tell by opening the system monitor to see if compiz and compiz.real are in the processes list.

[Michael (madmac)]

Here is a attachment. (This system will only allow me one attachment.)

I know that Compiz is in the System->Preferences->Advanced Desktop Effects Settings but nothing I have done there makes a difference. I have clicked on more boxes than I can count. Nothing seems to work. In the system monitor, I have two entries for compiz - one is "compiz.real" and one is "compiz". Only the "compiz.real" has any activity (even though the status says "sleeping"), the "compiz" one is always "sleeping", no activity.

[Michael (madmac)]

Any ideas on this?

[Nanley Chery (nanoman)]

This is a duplicate of Bug #99508