Comment 26 for bug 153204

After I posted my last response, I realized that the "Legacy Fullscreen"
option in compizconfig-settings-manager didn't actually resolve the problem.
It reduced it, but flickers to show the desktop still occur.

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 11:28 AM, manzur <email address hidden> wrote:

> because it is not the right way to solve, i think it is due to an
> internal code error
>
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> [MASTER] Applications are flickering/flashing in full screen mode
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/153204
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>
> Status in Compiz: New
> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: compiz
>
> Whenever a pulldown menu is activated (i dont know the right word here) the
> screen flickers and the menu does not work. Sometime the entire screen is
> filled with garbage momentarily. Other times a large diagonal bar flickers
> over the entire screen. REPRODUCE: use the firefox search bar to search for
> a couple of words starting with "aa". Then move into the search box and type
> an a and possibly arrow down key. this should pop up a list of previous
> search terms, but instead just causes flickering and strangeness. by moving
> the window out of fullscreen mode (into maximized state only, for example)
> everything works nicely.
>
> This is gutsy, updated/upgraded via apt-get yesterday, running on a lenovo
> thinkpad x60 w/intel 945 graphics. OpenGL programs work nicely on this
> machine, with compiz they are somewhat slower. I run the normal X server,
> not Xgl, since when I enable Xgl everything except panning between
> workspaces gets very slow (wobbling, for instance).
>
> I have enabled "extra" desktop effects - wobbling, panning workspace
> switching (not the cube). I run many workspaces and switch between them with
> ctrl-f1, ctrl-f2 etc.
>
> I usually dedicate some workspaces to running applications in full-screen
> (not maximized, but full-screen) mode - an xterm for irc on one workspace, a
> fullscreen firefox on another, etc. Normally I have a desktop shortcut
> (shift-ctrl-enter) to toggle fullscreen, so i use it a lot.
>

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