Hey all I'm on 8.10, with the nVidia accelerated drivers installed for my GeForce FX 5600 AGP 8x card, 256MB RAM. PC is an Athlon XP 2800+, 1G RAM, 180GB disk. I have dual monitors, identical Taxan Ergovision 750s, both at 1152x864.
I've been running Ubuntu on this machine for years - 7.04, 7.10, 8.04 and now 8.10. Only now does Compiz seem stable enough to use, though. However, I'm finding some niggles. - I had to use the nVidia-settings applet to set up the screens; the Ubuntu displays control panel seems unaware I have 2 monitors. - I can't drag maximized windows from one screen to another. This worked in 7.10 even in Compiz - the window frame deforms, then it snaps loose and re-maximises on the other screen. - Window frames are subject to corruption. They fade out or switch to the inactive-window colour randomly, making it impossible to tell which window is active. Text & control widgets disappear. Translucency is patchy. Sometimes the window frame partly disappear, replaced by bits of the background wallpaper. These aren't fatal problems, they're just awkward. Sometimes I have to click on a window to activate it before typing, as I can't tell which one is "in front". Sometimes I can't move windows, as the frame's gone. And to move a window from one screen to another, I must de-maximise, drag, and re-maximise, like on Windows, which is a pain, as it was much smoother on 7.10 (my previous long-term stable version, which I used for a year plus.) Anyone else experiencing anything like this? Any suggestions? -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] • MSN/Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] • Skype: liamproven • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
