On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 15:09 +0000, richard saddington wrote:
> got big problem with my desktop
> running ubuntu  gnome, for some reason  when i select the terminal
> window i get  just a white window with out any text and cannot remove
> it, this also happens with other windows that i select,i need some
> help
> i have looked in the ubuntu forums desktop enviroments, it appears to
> be something to do with the video card, this  is bit beyond my
> computer skills,so i would be greatfull  for some help  i could bring
> my m/c  to any one that would spare the time to look at it
> 
> 
> regards richard
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Only heard of similar as long standing "memory leak" / fault  in Nvidia
non-free (proprietary) drivers that only occurs with desktop effects.
Best solution is turning off desktop effects, as I've heard Ubuntu has
them on by default (haven't used Ubuntu desktop for a while.) I use
Fedora and the desktop effects are off by default.

System->Preferences->Look and Feel->Desktop Effects

If you still want to endure it,  click on to the white box and hold down
alt key whilst pressing F4, this will close the window.

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