[ubuntu-uk] Alt - tab misbehaving

javadayaz javadayaz at gmail.com
Wed Feb 22 15:54:58 UTC 2012


awesome...will try this when i get home! :)

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 3:50 PM, J Fernyhough <j.fernyhough at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 22 February 2012 15:39, javadayaz <javadayaz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > so is this a hardware problem..?
> > what can i do to fix this?
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 3:14 PM, J Fernyhough <j.fernyhough at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On 22 February 2012 13:46, javadayaz <javadayaz at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Recently ive found my system is crashing or unresponsive when i press
> >> > Alt
> >> > tab to switch between programs..?
> >> >
> >> > Has anyone else seen this?
> >> >
> >>
> >> I've seen something similar(?) previously with fglrx and mipmapping
> >> enabled in the Compiz plugin settings (e.g. the static window
> >> switcher); though I could move windows after an ALT-TAB any update to
> >> their content wouldn't display. I'm not sure if this has been fixed
> >> since I turned off all mipmapping options when I got my Studio 1749
> >> (then Catalyst version somewhere in the 11s?).
> >>
> >> Jonathon
>
> Well, assuming it is mipmapping (which it may well not be!) the
> easiest way I know of is to install ccsm ($ sudo apt-get install
> compizconfig-settings-manager), open it, click on Advanced Search,
> type mipmap into the filter, then go through each plugin in turn and
> make sure the Mipmap checkbox is empty.
>
> If this doesn't fix it, try running unity --replace in a terminal and
> seeing if any descriptive error messages are shown when it starts
> misbehaving.
>
> Jonathon
>
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Regards

Javad
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