Ubuntu
compiz package

Window contents do not refresh or display content.

Bug #96607 reported by DigitalBuzz on 2007-03-26

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #89189: Some windows do not render with "Desktop Effects" enabled on some hardware. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	compiz (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: desktop-effects

When desktop affects is activated the contents of application winodws do not refresh and are often blank.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Mar 26 13:23:23 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
Uname: Linux BetaMaxx 2.6.20-13-generic #2 SMP Sun Mar 25 00:21:25 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

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Emilio Pozuelo Monfort (pochu) wrote on 2007-03-26:

This is probably because of your video-driver or your configuration (/etc/X11/xorg.conf).

Which video-driver and which video-card do you have?
Can you attach your /etc/X11/xorg.conf ?

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ThorX89 (thorx89) wrote on 2012-07-04:

I suffer from the same problem. I'm using fglrx ati drivers, and I remember that I had solved the problem at one point (by changing some settings in ccsm), but it's back and I can't remember what I did to get rid of it (I tried tweaking ccsm to no avail). Maybe it's not even possible now because of some update I've applied. I can solve the refresshing problem in common windows by resizing them, but what really sucks is that I have to kill nautilus or the gnome-panel whenever the desktop or the panel freezes. Any advice would be appreciated.

BTW, I'm on Linux Mint 11,

#uname -a:
Linux 2.6.38-11-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 12 21:17:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

#cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "amdcccle Layout"
Screen 0 "amdcccle-Screen[1]-0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "0-LVDS"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
Option "PreferredMode" "1600x900"
Option "TargetRefresh" "60"
Option "Position" "0 0"
Option "Rotate" "normal"
Option "Disable" "false"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "amdcccle-Device[1]-0"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "Monitor-LVDS" "0-LVDS"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "amdcccle-Screen[1]-0"
Device "amdcccle-Device[1]-0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection