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compiz-fusion-plugins-main package

  1. Bug #151168
  2. Comment #47

Comment 47 for bug 151168

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Chris Halse Rogers (raof) wrote :

Here are 3 possible workarounds:
1) Install the xserver-xgl package (sudo aptitude install xserver-xgl, will expose bugs in Wine)
2) Install the nvidia-glx drivers, rather than the nvidia-glx-new drivers (sudo aptitude install nvidia-glx, may have to remove the /lib/linux-restricted-modules/.nvidia_new_installed file)
3) Don't use compiz. (System->Preferences->Appearance->Visual Effects->None)

Annoying as this bug is, it appears to be a bug in the *restricted* nVidia drivers. That means that we have *absolutely* no way of fixing it. This is why the Restricted Drivers manager has a big block of text saying essentially "we can't help you with these, you're on your own". If you have to be annoyed at someone, be annoyed at nVidia.

nVidia has been alerted to this bug. «http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=1420886#post1420886». There's pretty much nothing more we can do.