@Toz: What Jackson meant was switching to either the X11 or XV backend in Parole, not clutter itself.
You can do this for instance from the command line (or xfce4-settings-editor): xfconf-query -c parole -p /video/videosink -s "xv" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to clutter-1.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1462445 Title: Parole starts with blank screen Status in Clutter: Invalid Status in parole: Confirmed Status in clutter-1.0 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in parole package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Start parole - get blank 'grey' screen. (also apparent with version in https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu- dev/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/?field.series_filter=wily -currently 0.8.0+git-0~898~ubuntu15.10.1 ) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: parole 0.8.0-2ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-20.20-generic 3.19.8 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-20-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.17.3-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Fri Jun 5 17:38:06 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-12 (23 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20150512) SourcePackage: parole UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/clutter/+bug/1462445/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp