<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 2:24 PM, NoOp <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:glgxg@sbcglobal.net">glgxg@sbcglobal.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On 07/07/2009 08:48 PM, Nathan Bahn wrote:<br>
> the version is 09.04 (Intrepid Ibex) and when I attempt to have the manager<br>
> update the system a large white square appears in the middle of the screen<br>
> and I'm obliged to reboot. Any suggestions that don't involve the CLI --<br>
> I'm quite weak at it -- will be greatly appreciated.<br>
><br>
><br>
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</div></div>9.04 is jaunty (8.10 is intrepid).<br>
<br>
It sounds like a compiz issue. Are you by any chance using an nVidia<br>
card and have Extra visual effects enabled?<br>
<br>
Try this: bring up update manager & when the white square appears just<br>
enter your password. If it goes on to the update manager properly, then<br>
it is a compiz issue. Note: I can reproduce on my system if I do not have:<br>
<br>
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"<br>
<br>
set in my screen section in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file with visual<br>
effects set to Extra. What is happening is that update manager isn't<br>
crashing, the problem is that the password manager popup window isn't<br>
being properly decorated (meaning you just get a white square).<br>
<br>
Go to System|Preferences|Appearance|Visual Effects| - click 'None' &<br>
Close. Now bring up the update manager again. Does it still give you the<br>
white square, or does it show that actual password manager prompt. Note:<br>
there is a 15 minute timer set on the password manager, so you may have<br>
to wait 16 minutes before trying the test again.<br>
<br>
Open a terminal & post the output from the following command:<br>
<br>
$ lspci |grep VGA<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br>NoOp--<br>
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<i><b>Thank you</b></i> <i><b>very much</b></i> for your advice; it appears to have done the job! (I didn't have to use the CLI, by the way, just the GUI.)<br><br>--N.B.<br>