[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 740985] Re: [gm45] screen artifacts when switching desktops with metacity

2011-06-10 Thread Sean McLean
I discovered that disabling the xorg "Composite" extension fixes this issue for me (For the record, I was having this issue with the commercial NVidia drivers, not Intel). In your /etc/X11/xorg.conf add this, and then restart X: Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Disable" EndSectio

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 740985] Re: [gm45] screen artifacts when switching desktops with metacity

2011-05-02 Thread Sean McLean
For the record, I am experiencing the same behavior, but I am using the binary "nvidia" driver, not intel. The problem seems especially likely to occur when switching to/from terminal windows and emacs instances. As soon as the parent window decides to redraw, the artifacts vanish. I experience p