Glowy Window Shadows with Compiz
I was running Ubuntu Linux 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on my desktop which had an ATI graphics card. There were a lot of driver related issues (fglrx driver). I tried different versions of the driver, even upgraded to the alpha version of Hardy Heron, to gain access to the new kernel. The issues persisted. Succumbing to the driver blues, I replaced the ATI card with an Nvidia card. I am so much happier now.
However, I have this:
What should be window shadows are somehow a glowy halo!
It is good to know I am not the only one. There’s a bug on CompizFusion (OpenCompositing) website that tracks this issue.
There seems to be a general consensus that this is indeed related to the Nvidia Linux drivers.
Here’s what is known so far. Folks dealing with glowy shadows have following in common:
- Some flavor of Linux (Ubuntu, ArchLinux, …)
- Nvidia graphics card (Mostly the 8-series)
- Latest Nvidia driver (nvidia-glx-new version 169.09 in my case)
- CompizFusion with Window Decoration plugin
- Either Emerald or Gnome window decorator
If you are dealing with similar issue, and think can add useful bit of information to the discussion, drop a comment. Better yet, update the bug on CompizFusion (OpenCompositing).
While we are at it, is there a way of tracking bugs submitted to Nvidia (via nvidia-bug-report.sh)?
Although there doesn’t seem to be a fix for this yet, installing the Nvidia driver from Nvidia installer seems to fix the shadows.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/186382