Hi Joenix - thanks for that tip; with the 'XAANoOffscreenPixmaps' all the rendering issues have gone for me; Jeroen - where did you get that tip from - it sounds like it needs to be reported as an ATI bug.
Dave -- desktop-effects crashes/various bugs https://launchpad.net/bugs/89684 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs