[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#443873: Bug#443873: Bug#443873: xfwm4: switching virtual desktops makes windows flicker

[Yves-Alexis Perez]

On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 09:13:51PM +0000, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> On lun, 2007-09-24 at 21:40 +0300, Meelis Roos wrote:
> > Since last xfce upgrade (previous was around the end of July), virtual desktop switching is 
> > flickering. I have 4 desktops with xfce-terminals, seen in pager too. Ctrl-F1..Ctrl-F4 switch 
> > between these. With latest xfce, swithcing to another desktop makes the new window appear, 
> > then flicker to something (else?) and then reappear. This makes desktop switching slow and 
> > unpleasant.
> > 
> > It has also happened 2-3 times that after trying to switch to another screen, it keeps 
> > flickering between 2 or 3 desktops and does not stop for quite many seconds. I tried pressing 
> > Ctrl-F* again and the flickering did not stop at once, but did several more seconds later 
> > (maybe because of the switch, maybe not). I can not reproduce this at will.
> > 
> > Pentium 3, 600 MHz, 320M RAM (old IBM X20).
> 
> Can you check some things:
> 
> - has xorg been updated in the same upgrade?
> - which packages were upgraded, from wich version to which one?
> - is compositing enabled?

Any news on this?

Regards,
-- 
Yves-Alexis Perez