I have not seen this with the standard Ubuntu 8.10 install wubi or Clean. with the noteable excepion of when i was dealing with a game under wine. but i know thats more wine related. see if compiz is running and if so turn it off. On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 8:24 AM, Vaughn Treude wrote: > kitepilot@kitepilot.com wrote: >> At first I thought: "well... Those #$&% Nvidia drivers..." >> But then I saw it happening with ATI boards. >> Anecdotally I can say that I have seen it happening in just about each and >> everyone of the 15-something computers (desktops and laptops) that I have >> installed Kubuntu onto. >> >> And it SUCKS... :( >> >> Mostly with Firefox, but also with Konsole and other applications, suddenly >> the display inside a particular window quits (it goes black)... >> After resizing it a random amount of times (but mostly after shrinking it) >> the display comes back alive and well. >> >> > Is this related to scrolling? I have a problem with scrolling on my Dell > notebook running Ubuntu. It actually only happens when connected to an > external monitor, and then _usually_ only if I forget to turn on the > external monitor until after it's booted. Any window that scrolls goes > black in the scrolled portion. The window redraws itself correctly if I > minimize and restore, or if I move another window in front of it > temporarily. Restarting the X server does not help. The only cure for > this maddening condition is to reboot. > > Vaughn > >> Keyboard and mouse input are taken (at least some times) cuz you can see >> some reactions after the display comes back, but it is ungodly ANNOYING!!! >> >> Is anybody experiencing something like that, or is it the little gnome >> following me again with the camera and laughing at my expenses? >> >> I mean, it would be funny... >> If it wasn't happening to me... :( >> ET >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss