Ubuntu
notify-osd package

Screen flickers when notify-osd pops up when using fullscreen video

Bug #362654 reported by Tony McKenzie
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
notify-osd (Ubuntu)
Incomplete
Undecided
Mirco Müller

Bug Description

When using a fullscreen video (this includes flash, totem, vlc, etc) and notify-osd pops up the screen will flicker when it appears and disappears. It doesn't cause any problems other then and ugly annoyance.

notify-osd 9.11-0ubuntu1
nvidia 180.44-0ubuntu1
gnome 2.26
jaunty current as of this post

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Mirco Müller (macslow) wrote :

Do you happen to be running compiz or metacity (with enabled compositor)?

Changed in notify-osd (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Mirco Müller (macslow)
status: New → Incomplete
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Tony McKenzie (mckenzie-tony) wrote :

Oh yes I forgot to mention that I'm running compiz with above mentioned driver. My resolution is 1680x1050.

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Vish (vish) wrote :

this happens for me too...[using compiz] , notify-osd 0.9.11-0ubuntu3

this also happens when browsing with firefox in full-screen mode...

also when viewing videos from you-tube in fullscreen causes the video to quit from full-screen mode...!

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Mattias Eriksson (snaggen) wrote :

VirtualBox in fullscreen also causes this.
Also the CoolIris firefox plugins will flicker on notificaitons since it runs in full screen.

Using compiz/nvidia-180.44 jaunty.

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TiRSO! (tirso-00) wrote :

Happens for me too; I'm using the FGLRX driver.

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