[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver

2009-07-12 Thread jjericho
XCan, You are correct that disabling compiz was my original suggestion. However, as I mentioned before, I've narrowed the issue down to either xorg or Nvidia, and the more I mess with it, it's seeming to be nvidia. Compiz is fully installed on my system. After removing all nvidia referencing pack

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver

2009-07-11 Thread jjericho
Folks, Sorry for the multiple posts, I've been posting as I go. Seems I was slightly off course in blaming solely Compiz for this issue. I installed some older versions of it and had the exact same issue with two different versions (9.04 has 1:0.8.2-0ubuntu8, whereas a fresh install of 8.10 has 0

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver

2009-07-11 Thread jjericho
Forget my suggestion. I took a leap and just removed ALL Compiz components from the package manager and rebooted. Works fine now. So it appears that it's not some crazy kernel update like I suspected, or anything with Nvidia. So the simple solution, the 'actual' workaround until Compiz gets the

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver

2009-07-11 Thread jjericho
Has anyone tried using the previous 8.10 or 8.04 distros and then manually updating Nvidia, Compiz, and other components that are suspect one at a time? Seems to me that would be the logical place to start and help identify what exactly isn't working; update an application, test VNC, then continue