F7: Desktop Effects bug with nVidia GPU

[Clodoaldo]

2007/6/4, Randy Forston <rforston at earthlink.net>:
> Clodoaldo wrote:
> > 2007/6/4, Lonni J Friedman <netllama at gmail.com>:
> >> On 6/4/07, Clodoaldo <clodoaldo.pinto.neto at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> 2007/6/4, Lonni J Friedman <netllama at gmail.com>:
> >>>> On 6/4/07, Clodoaldo <clodoaldo.pinto.neto at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>> 2007/6/4, Lonni J Friedman <netllama at gmail.com>:
> >>>>>> On 6/4/07, Clodoaldo <clodoaldo.pinto.neto at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>> Gnome desktop. Using nVidia MX 440 video card with the nVidia
> >>>>>>> 96xx driver.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> When I logout and login with Desktop Effects enabled
> >>>>>>> applicattions restart without the title bar.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> To reproduce the bug:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Set the session to automaticaly save changes.
> >>>>>>> Open a terminal.
> >>>>>>> Open Desktop Effects.
> >>>>>>> Unselect "Windows Wobble when Moved".
> >>>>>>> Select "Workspaces on a Cube".
> >>>>>>> Enable Desktop Effects.
> >>>>>>> Logout and Login.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> The terminal now starts without the title bar.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Is the terminal the only window that lacks a title bar, or do
> >>>>>> all applications exhibit this behavior?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I suggested the terminal because it is fast to start. I tried
> >>>>> also with gedit and its behavior is still worse: it gets stuck
> >>>>> to the top left corner, hiding the top bar, without the title
> >>>>> bar and without the text area.
> >>>>
> >>>> This isn't a bug, you've not configured X correctly.
> >>>
> >>> xorg.conf configured by the livna-config-display: What is wrong
> >>> with it?
> >>>
> >>
> >> See:
> >> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=77030
> >> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=46678
> >
> > I followed the advice there and added this to xorg.conf:
> >
> > Section "Extensions"
> >     Option "Composite" "Enable"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Still the same problem.
> >
> > Clodoaldo
>
> This is NOT just an NVIDIA (driver) issue.
>
> I'll experiment with the xorg advice from the links above, but I don't
> expect it to change anything.
>
> I see the same problems using Intel graphics (on-board Intel chipset),
> running Beryl (or Desktop Effects), in both Fedora 7 and Ubuntu 7.04
>
> I first noticed the "missing Titlebar" issue, when I first ran Desktop
> Effects in either OS.

I filed a bug report:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=242663

Clodoaldo