I seems that upgrading to v16.04 (and then reinstalling drivers) has fixed this issue for me. Time will tell.
$ dpkg --get-selections | grep -v deinstall | grep nvidia nvidia-352 install nvidia-361 install nvidia-opencl-icd-361 install nvidia-prime install nvidia-settings install $ uname -a Linux haunted-linux 4.4.0-22-generic #39-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 5 16:52:40 UTC 2016 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 11:50 PM H Koch <1072...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > Same here for the last 3 years on on Dell Studio 14z with NVIDIA® GeForce® > 9400M G. > Have no illusions that this will ever get fixed. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1072206 > > Title: > [nvidia] Window content is black or transparent > > Status in Compiz: > Fix Released > Status in Compiz 0.9.11 series: > Fix Committed > Status in NVIDIA Drivers Ubuntu: > Invalid > Status in Unity: > Invalid > Status in compiz package in Ubuntu: > Fix Released > Status in unity package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > Status in compiz source package in Trusty: > Fix Released > > Bug description: > [ Impact ] > > With nVidia hardware from time to time window content is rendered > black or transparent. The problem manifests more frequently as > session uptime increases. > > Apparently the problem was caused by textures being cached and not > freed, resulting in memory exhaustion conditions. It turns out the > texture caching is unnecessary anyway. > > [ Test Case ] > > Verification requires an nVidia GPU with proprietary drivers. The > problem can not be reproduced at will, only after some time (depending > on resident GPU memory and usage) and even then only randomly and > unreliably. > > [ Regression Potential ] > > It is unlikely this change has the potential to introduce new > regressions. > > [ Other Info ] > > Fix was cherry-picked from the Ubuntu "Vivid Vervet" dev relase where > it has been in use for some weeks without problem. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/1072206/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1072206 Title: [nvidia] Window content is black or transparent To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/1072206/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
