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[seanlynch <sean.seanlynch@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you.
I will read the threads related to this and see if there are any solutions.

Thanks again,

Sean Lynch

On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:03 PM, Robert
Ancell<robert.ancell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for your bug report. The symptoms provided indicate this is a
> problem with your video drivers and is being reassigned to the xorg
> package. For more information on problems with visual effects and video
> drivers see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/VisualEffects.
>
> ** Package changed: compiz (Ubuntu) => xorg (Ubuntu)
>
> --
> Compiz shows white screen when activated intel x3100 graphics card
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/386103
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>
> Status in “xorg” source package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: compiz
>
> Similar to bug white screen on second screen, but this is a white screen on first screen (screen 0).
>
> If I activate compiz (through fusion icon or through desktop effects) the screen goes white.
> The computer runs and  there is no crash or dump.
>
> activating the 'cube' desktop switcher works, but it behaves very slowly and all visible desktops are white. sky background image is shown correctly.
>
> Work around:
> I press ctrl-alt-f2
> login to terminal
> issue command 'ps aux | grep compiz'  and get the pid for process compiz-real
> isue command 'kill <PID>' where <PID> is determined in step above.
>
> press Ctrl-alt-f7 to return to x-windows
>
> This problem happens on several kernels I have installed:
> 2.6.30-020630-generic
> 2.6.28-12-generic
> 2.6.28-11-generic
> kernel 2.6.28-6-386
>
> This is similar to a bug reported by ati graphics card users in older versions of Ubuntu.
> So it is probably related to compiz more than any single kernel, ubuntu release, or graphics card.
>
> It might also be a conflict with other installed software. (i will update ticket If I find an issue)
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
> MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1420
> Package: compiz 1:0.8.2-0ubuntu8.1
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=8f7ce294-eb94-4132-9dc8-cd5933d5c286 ro splash vga=792
> ProcEnviron:
>  PATH=(custom, no user)
>  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/proc/version_signature'
> SourcePackage: compiz
>

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Compiz shows white screen when activated intel x3100 graphics card
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/386103
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