This has been bisected down to this commit in pixman where the problems with notify-osd started
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/pixman/commit/?id=1cc750ed92a936d84b47cac696aaffd226e1c02e -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/654921 Title: Black border in the notifications when effects are turned off -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs