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[Josh Leverette <753144@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

driver 173 is NOT a solution people! it is a workaround. It gives reduced
performance, etc, etc, etc. nVidia needs to get into action and fix this.

On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Bruno <753144@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Problem solved with the 173 driver too :-)
>
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> Title:
>  focused, or maximized windows blank
>
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
>  Invalid
> Status in NVIDIA Drivers Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
> Status in Unity:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu:
>  New
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: compiz
>
>  I have discovered a fairly consistent behavior: When multiple
>  aplications are open, the bug can manifest itself as: the active
>  window is blank (white in my case... title bar displays but nothing
>  else.) while windows behind it will display content. If one of the
>  unfocused windows is selected, it gains focus, and goes blank. The
>  previously blank window, no longer focused, regains its content and is
>  no longer blank.
>
>  Switching between applications, the ones gaining focus always going
>  blank only to regain content after losing focus is quite infuriating.
>
>  To force an application to quit being blank, another application is
>  opened, and applications are switched until the blanking behavior
>  begins for the new application. (I use terminal as my dummy app...)
>  Terminal is given focus, observed to be blank, and closed. The
>  aplication which was behind the dummy application gains focus, and
>  does not go blank. (this has been verified in classic desktop, not yet
>  in unity)
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
>  Package: compiz 1:0.9.4git20110322-0ubuntu5
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic i686
>  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
>  Architecture: i386
>  CompizPlugins:
> [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,place,vpswitch,regex,gnomecompat,mousepoll,imgpng,move,snap,resize,grid,scale,wall,session,animation,expo,ezoom,staticswitcher]
>  Date: Wed Apr  6 21:40:19 2011
>  DistroCodename: natty
>  DistroVariant: ubuntu
>  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386
> (20101007)
>  InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386
> (20101007)
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
>   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
>  SourcePackage: compiz
>  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-05 (1 days ago)
>  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.1-0ubuntu3
>  version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu1
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-- 
Sincerely,
    Josh

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Title:
  focused, or maximized windows blank