Leon Stringer wrote:
On Sat, 2006-07-22 at 13:52 -0400, Pete Graner wrote:
> Leon Stringer wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 19:30 +0200, dragoran wrote:
>>
>>> Leon Stringer wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm experiencing problems with the the display such as:
>>>>
>>>> - Scrolling up through documents in Firefox, list controls, etc. causes
>>>> the canvas area to become messed.
>>>>
>>>> - Moving any windows in GNOME (Nautilus, terminal, firefox) causes the
>>>> the canvas are to become messed.
>>>>
>>>> These problems can be fixed my minimising and restoring the window.
>>>>
>>>> Is this likely to be an X or Cairo bug? Is anyone seeing anything
>>>> similar? (If it happens to you, you can't miss it!).
>>>>
>>>>
>>> is composite enabled?
>>>
>> How would I tell?
>>
>>
> Try:
>
> xdpyinfo | grep Composite
>
> Pete
>
>
It says "Composite", so I guess it *is* on? So my next question is how do I
turn it off?
first disable it in metacity using gconf editor (search for composite);
second add this to your /etx/X11org.conf :
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection