This bug appears to have been "fixed" by the installation of nvidia 290.10 driver, in my case by adding ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates to 11.10 sources. Note that this unsupported PPA may need to be reloaded in Precise if Precise doesn't include 290.10 (or greater) as nvidia- current.
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Ed Gallant (edward-j-gallant) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/905701 Title: Applications display on blank white screen when maximized in Unity To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/905701/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp