This behavior happens to me as well. Quite annoying, but I do not agree that this is a showstopper. My workaround is to Restore, then Maximize to fix the drawing error. I have to do this for each window that is restored in Maximized state. This bug relates to Gnome's restoration of maximized windows' sizes/states: bug 12956.
Some of my system info: [fglrx] module loaded - fglrx 8.37.6 Linux machname 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Dec 18 08:02:57 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon "Desktop Effects" enabled (Compiz) xserver-xgl 1:1.1.99.1~git20070727-0ubuntu3 Gnome desktop -- Drawing error when maximizing a window with "Desktop Effects" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99847 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs