Screen Fade - frequent lose of window control

[Colin Law]

On 9 May 2011 23:28, ANDY <sirald66 at gmail.com> wrote:
> DELL LATITUDE D600
> UBUNTU 9.10 +proposed
> GNOME 2.28.1
> COMPIZ 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2.1
> FIREFOX 3.6.17
>
>
> Since I've used Ubuntu (8.x), I've had the sometimes frequent problem of
> Firefox fading the window to a transparent-gray as it goes off into space
> for awhile, then returns.  I thought it was a resource problem (1.5/Ghz
> single core, 768/MB) and it may well be, but system monitor graphs don't
> usually show a cpu or memory spike.
>
> As I look to diagnose this, I need ideas on where to start.  Hardware,
> linux, Ubuntu, window manager and/or Firefox related?  And I need a more
> accurate description than 'screen fade' if I'm searching down a bug/issue.

This was discussed at some length a few months ago here if I remember,
though I do not remember the conclusion.  Was it a flash problem
perhaps?  Searching the archives here may find it.

Colin