Comment 42 for bug 176589

I get a freeze like the one described in this bug only when enabling certain compiz features (though of course, it may be that these features only make the frequency of the freeze much larger, so as to be noticeable).

My configuration of choice for compiz has the Animation plugin enabled, and the Focus Amination set to "Dodge", with a particular regexp to select which windows to apply this effect to. With this config, if I open a lot of windows and click between them at random, compiz always eventually freezes at 100% cpu, with only the mouse moving.

If I disable the Animation plugin, I can't reproduce the freeze (or not yet anyway).

I am using and nvidia card with the 169.12 driver and a hardy installation which is up-to-date on April 21.