Comment 6 for bug 1165353

I'm afraid the best workaround is to not use OpenGL

2013/4/17 Soos Gergely <email address hidden>

> > I encourage you to report this bug to the drivers devs
> That is a lost cause. I can't report it to ubuntu, because they only
> package the driver, and I can't report it to AMD because they don't care.
> You see I have to use flgrx 8.96 because the newer versions don't support
> my card. I could use the open source driver, but that would affect the
> performance of my compiz so my best chance is if you guys could apply some
> sort of a workaround - but I have no idea how hard that would be or if it
> is even possible.
>
> BTW, recently there was an update to cairo-dock (to version 3.2.1) but
> that didn't change anything related to this issue.
>
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> Title:
> violent flashes when the main dock appears/diappears
>
> Status in Cairo-Dock : Core:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> My main dock visibility is set to hide when it overlaps any windows.
> Whenever the dock appears or disappears it flashes (or blinks) violently,
> or to describe it another way, it disappears for a fraction of a second
> several times during the animation.
> This flashes are so violent they hurt my eyes and these disappearances
> seem to occur more when the mouse is inside the main dock's area.
> My favorite animation would be the "zoom out", unfortunately it is one
> of the most violent ones, the less violent is the "move down" (but this may
> be just my perception, because the "move down" is a strange animation).
>
> My system is:
> Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
> fglrx 8.960 (can't install a newer version, because fglrx>=9 does not
> support my Radeon HD 4570)
> KDE 4.8.5
> cairo-dock 3.2.0 (from ppa:
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu precise main)
> compiz 0.9.7.8 (replacing kwin, but the flashes also appear with kwin
> with or without compositioning (or desktop effects as they call it))
>
> Also, I have a dualhead xorg setup, but that one is also not to blame,
> because if I start my laptop without an external monitor the flashes
> still appear.
>
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