I upgraded today the ram from 512 Mb to 1.25 Gb. I begin to work with still 45 minutes only.
The problem doesn't appear now.
I will work more long time and let the PC with the power ON and let it with the screen saver for some days.
The problem appear also with "Evince" on FullScreen. When i let the mouse cursor on a button, the "hint" make the screen flash too.
With "OO.Calc" no problem, but i don't have a lot of control. the hint on the button to return of normal screen not make the flash.
With OO.Writer, i put a text with an internet link and i let the mouse cursor , the hint doesn't make the screen flash.
With AbiWord, the screen flash when other box screen appears,
The problem is related with Compiz-fusion for some applications. I found also others different behaviors with the appareance of windows who not appears when i put the Effects 3D off.
I asked to somebody who has a "System 76->pangolin" with Ubuntu 7.10 pre-installed by the company, run with Compiz, and he confirm me the same behavior with Firefox.2008/3/28, WorldDomination <worldomination2007@gmail.com>:Confirm..
And this happends not only with firefox. Most applications in full
screen mode are affected
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screen flash on each character entering on a edit box when Full Screen
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208078
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Status in Source Package "firefox" in Ubuntu: New
Bug description:
Binary package hint: firefox
Ubuntu 7.10, Gnome with Compiz-Fusion
FireFox 2.0.0.13
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; fr; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080325 Ubuntu/7.10 (gutsy) Firefox/2.0.0.13
bolduc@bol-laptop:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 7.10
Release: 7.10
On a edit box to any prompt on a web page, if Firefox is on Full screen mode, on each character type, the screen turn black and come back.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Mar 27 22:16:17 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox 2.0.0.13+1nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: firefox
Uname: Linux bol-laptop 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux