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[Radu C <radu.cx+launchpad@xxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: compiz
  
  I upgraded from Ubuntu 9.10 to Ubuntu 10.04, and since then I seem to be
  getting a strange artefact.
  
- When I switch Windows with Alt+Tab, regardless of the used switcher (I
+ When I switch windows with Alt+Tab, regardless of the used switcher (I
  used both the Ring Switcher and the Static Application Switcher so far),
  sometimes, without a specific pattern, the window I switch to stops
  repainting itself. That is, I can click in it, type in it, etc., and it
  updates itself internally, but it doesn't repaint to show the changes.
  It feels as if it's frozen.
  
  After I Alt+Tab again, and switch to it, I can see the changes I made
  while it was frozen, and then everything works for a while, until next
  time it decides to do it.
  
  Now, I don't know if it's compiz or nvidia at fault here. I tend to
  think it's nvidia, because I don't get this behaviour on an Intel video
  card running the same software with the same settings. And if I get a
  new nvidia driver and it stops doing this, I may even close this bug.
  
  Packages:
  - nvidia-current 195.36.15-0ubuntu2
  - compiz 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu15
  
  LSB Version:	core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch
  Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
  Description:	Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
  Release:	10.04
  Codename:	lucid

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: compiz
  
  I upgraded from Ubuntu 9.10 to Ubuntu 10.04, and since then I seem to be
  getting a strange artefact.
  
  When I switch windows with Alt+Tab, regardless of the used switcher (I
  used both the Ring Switcher and the Static Application Switcher so far),
  sometimes, without a specific pattern, the window I switch to stops
  repainting itself. That is, I can click in it, type in it, etc., and it
  updates itself internally, but it doesn't repaint to show the changes.
  It feels as if it's frozen.
  
  After I Alt+Tab again, and switch to it, I can see the changes I made
  while it was frozen, and then everything works for a while, until next
- time it decides to do it.
+ time it decides to do it. It doesn't have any preferences on which
+ window to freeze. It can be any window, at any time.
  
  Now, I don't know if it's compiz or nvidia at fault here. I tend to
  think it's nvidia, because I don't get this behaviour on an Intel video
  card running the same software with the same settings. And if I get a
  new nvidia driver and it stops doing this, I may even close this bug.
  
  Packages:
  - nvidia-current 195.36.15-0ubuntu2
  - compiz 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu15
  
  LSB Version:	core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch
  Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
  Description:	Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
  Release:	10.04
  Codename:	lucid

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Windows don't repaint after alt+tab (compiz, nvidia)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/583401
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