Video Problems

[dragoran]

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