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[Josh Leverette <753144@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The workarounds are also listed above. Please read them. Then you will
understand why they couldn't be included in natty-final. We can't mod
users' BIOSes. It's not a good idea.

On Jun 7, 2011, at 10:23 AM, Geoffrey Pursell <geoffp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Really?  I can't fix bugs in Internet Explorer, but it's still my job to
> find workarounds, because my code needs to run there.
> 
> ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)
>       Status: New => Confirmed
> 
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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:
>  Invalid
> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
>  Invalid
> 
> 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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Title:
  focused, or maximized windows blank