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compiz-plugins-main package

  1. Precise (12.04)
  2. Bug #269904
  3. Comment #217

Comment 217 for bug 269904

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Jan Krieg (jan-krieg) wrote : Re: Screen refresh problems with nvidia on intrepid

Actually, there _is_ a workaround which works all the time at the cost of a bit cpu time (at least for me). Just go to the compiz settings manager (ccsm). Activate the 'draw fire' plugin, reduce all the settings to mininum, except for background brightness, which should be set to 100. Now when you draw fire on the desktop, it should be invisible, but for me it solves the screen refresh problems completely! So just draw a bit of fire after every reboot, and you're fine.
Note: If you use the workaround with activating --indirect-rendering and disabling --loose-binding, it will also work, but the cpu time needed for the fire will be much greater (25% compared to 5% if you leave the settings to standard). Since the fire solves the problem all the time, you should leave INDIRECT=no.

Hope this helps.
Cheers, Jan