Laurent Blume wrote: > Hi all, > > I've installed Compiz 0.5.0 on b62 with Vermilion b64, on a Dell with a > Quadro FX 550. > It works, I get the effects and all, but there's a weird issue: after I open > about 10 windows, all the next ones are either completely transparent > (gnome-terminal) or completely black (Firefox). > there not hanged: I can close gnome-term with a <ctrl>+D. There's just not > displaying. > If I close some windows and restart the same app, then it displays. > So there seems to be a limit in the total number of accelerated windows?
You're hitting the limit of your graphics card's memory - see http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_nVidia_GL_Desktop_Effects#Black_Window_Bug for more details and a workaround. -- James Andrewartha
