The best way to fix this, is to fall back to metacity (+compositor) if compiz fails. You can do that by doing:
gconftool-2 -s /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager -t bool true metacity --replace & notify-osd is designed for composited environments, because several of its key-interaction features (click-through, proximity-fade, styling) require working desktop-composition. There was some effort spent in making notify-osd also work ok in non-composited environments. But its looks under non-composited desktops has never been and will never be a focus of development. -- background graphical flashing (corruption) when compiz is disabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/599037 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs