Why does my system dim and go grey sometimes?

[Derek Broughton]

NoOp wrote:

> On 01/24/2009 06:54 AM, Derek Broughton wrote:
>> mark Pyles wrote:
>> 
>>> I don't think I have desktop affect on (at least not that I know of) and
>>> I don't have compiz installed.
>> 
>> I think you have to - that's what makes the windows go grey.
>> 
>> Do: "ps aux | grep compiz"
>> 
> It won't matter - even with compiz on 

"without"

> some applications will go grey if they are busy.

No, really, I turned this off by eliminating compiz (completely removed it).  
I _never_ get the greyed windows any more - even though I am woefully short 
of memory, and windows are often busy.