Ubuntu
compiz package

  1. Precise (12.04)
  2. Bug #729979
  3. Comment #27

Comment 27 for bug 729979

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pablomme (pablomme) wrote : Re: Windows sometimes become blank/transparent when changing focus to them in natty

It runs compiz with the unity profile as root, yes, but rather than being a security/permissions issue I would guess it simply wouldn't connect to the user's X session and Gnome services and crash due to that. Do it without sudo for useful output.