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I made a new install without upgrading drivers and I don't have the
issue... That worked for me


On 7/23/11, Camilo Nova <752445@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is so sad that a lot of people have this problem and seems no one
> cares about fixing it
>
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> Title:
>   Intermittent white window contents when maximizing/switching windows
>
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu:
>   Confirmed
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in openSUSE:
>   New
>
> Bug description:
>   Binary package hint: compiz
>
>   Fresh install of Natty Beta. Nvidia graphics card with proprietary
>   driver.
>
>   Not all the time, but maximizing windows sometimes results in a white
>   window. Sometimes switching between windows (not necessarily
>   maximised) does the same. The window borders are there but the body of
>   the window is white. Resizing the window smaller sometimes makes it
>   redraw. Minimizing other applications sometimes makes it redraw. The
>   white window is most often the focussed window, but sometimes windows
>   behind the focussed window go white too.
>
>   Once an application has gone white, this seems to encourage other
>   windows to do the same. Minimizing all windows, reactivating the
>   required window and perhaps resizing will bring the window contents
>   back.
>
>   I don't think this is restricted to specific applications. I've been
>   able to duplicate the problem with Firefox, Thunderbird, Nautilus,
>   Synaptic, Terminal, Geany, Nvidia Settings and others.
>
>   It's not Unity. If I switch to Classic I get the same problem,
>   although perhaps with slightly less frequency. Switch to Classic with
>   no effects and the problem goes away. So I suspect a combination of
>   Compiz and the Nvidia driver that comes with Natty.
>
>   See also http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1721206
>
>   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 x86_64
>   NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
>   .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory:
> '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
>   .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
>   .proc.driver.nvidia.version:
>    NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  270.30  Fri Feb 25
> 14:34:55 PST 2011
>    GCC version:  gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu1)
>   Architecture: amd64
>   CompizPlugins:
> [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,session,grid,regex,imgpng,resize,snap,animation,staticswitcher,workarounds,mousepoll,gnomecompat,move,vpswitch,expo,wall,fade,scale,unityshell]
>   CompositorRunning: compiz
>   Date: Wed Apr  6 12:55:10 2011
>   DistUpgraded: Fresh install
>   DistroCodename: natty
>   DistroVariant: ubuntu
>   DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 270.30, 2.6.38-7-generic, x86_64: installed
>   GraphicsCard:
>    nVidia Corporation C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] [10de:03d0] (rev a2)
> (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>      Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device [1019:2602]
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110330)
>   InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110330)
>   JockeyStatus: xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver
> (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
>   Lsusb:
>    Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04fc:0005 Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd USB
> OpticalWheel Mouse
>    Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04b8:0005 Seiko Epson Corp. Printer
>    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>   MachineType: ECS GeForce6100PM-M2
>   PackageArchitecture: all
>   ProcEnviron:
>    LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
>    PATH=(custom, user)
>    LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-7-generic
> root=UUID=4ebbc4c8-22d1-4b77-bbc5-3138055ccac1 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>   ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
>   Renderer: Unknown
>   SourcePackage: compiz
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>   XorgConf:
>    Section "Device"
>     Identifier	"Default Device"
>     Option	"NoLogo"	"True"
>    EndSection
>   dmi.bios.date: 10/09/2009
>   dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
>   dmi.bios.version: 080015
>   dmi.board.name: GeForce6100PM-M2
>   dmi.board.vendor: ECS
>   dmi.board.version: 7.0
>   dmi.chassis.type: 3
>   dmi.chassis.vendor: ECS
>   dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080015:bd10/09/2009:svnECS:pnGeForce6100PM-M2:pvr7.0:rvnECS:rnGeForce6100PM-M2:rvr7.0:cvnECS:ct3:cvr:
>   dmi.product.name: GeForce6100PM-M2
>   dmi.product.version: 7.0
>   dmi.sys.vendor: ECS
>   version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4git20110322-0ubuntu5
>   version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu11
>   version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
>   version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.1-0ubuntu3
>   version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
>   version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.1-0ubuntu3
>   version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
>   version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
>   version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
>   version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu6
>   version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu6
>
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