When resizing a Xfce terminal window, a black 'shadow' equivalent to the size of the window appears at the top left corner of the root window. This was observed on Arch Linux running a 2.6.38.3 kernel and the following packages: - Terminal 0.4.7 - nvidia driver 270.41.03 - xorg-server 1.10.1 - Xfce 4.8 Other terminal emulators such as xterm and gnome-terminal do not exhibit this behaviour. This problem occurs only in conjunction with the nvidia binary. When using the nouveau driver the problem is not observed.
I have this issue on two computers running the nvidia driver as well. I am also using Arch linux and kernel 2.6.38.3. I also do not experience this problem with gnome-terminal, which also depends on vte. nvidia 270.41.06 xorg-server 1.10.1 terminal 0.4.7 exo 0.6.0 vte 0.26.2 I was able to crash the nvidia driver by resizing the terminal window horizontally over and over again: http://pastebin.com/2hFUAVek
I am experiencing the same issue on Fedora 15: Kernel 2.6.38.5-22.fc15.x86_64 Terminal 0.4.7 NVIDIA Driver Version: 270.41.03 X.Org X Server 1.10.1 GPU is Quadro NVS 140M on Thinkpad T61. Additionally, some parts of the panel get dark, but seem to rebuild on mouse-over. Running xfterm4 with another window manager, e.g. GNOME3, no strange behaviour occured.
I have the same problem. I asked about it here: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=162387 Post #2 there mentions a workaround for urxvt. Con something similar be done for xfce4-terminal.
It is also mentioned here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=931305 Post #6 mentions a solution by "enabling compositing". So I'll try to do that.
(In reply to comment #4) > It is also mentioned here: > > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=931305 > > Post #6 mentions a solution by "enabling compositing". So I'll try to do that. Unfortunately, this did not fix the problem for me.
Created attachment 3689 Same or similar bug in the panel Happens here on Ubuntu 11.04. Panel: 4.8.3-0ubuntu1 Nvidia driver: 270.41.06-0ubuntu1 I need to use the proprietary Nvidia driver because of dual screen support and this bug is annoying. Is it the panel/terminal or rather the Nvidia driver? Here it happens always when switching workspaces.
Forgot to mention: for me, it helps too to enable Compositing but this is only a weak workaround as it brings way more overhead. And in case it's of any use, more component versions: Xfwm4: 4.8.1-1 Kernel: 2.6.38-9
Does this also happen with the vte application?
Yes, at least for Terminal, didn't test any other VTE apps.
I mean the vte executable (comes with the library), not referring to the libvte widget.
(In reply to comment #8) > Does this also happen with the vte application? Yes, I just checked. I also happens with vte. (But not with other vte-based terminals, like sakura)
Okay, saturday is update-day, so I updated lots of packages and the problem was gone. I tested a bit and it seems like it was an error in nvidia 270.41.*, Now I am using nvidia 275.09.07 and terminal works again like expected. Maybe somebody could acknowledge this so Nick could close the bug.
(In reply to comment #12) > Okay, saturday is update-day, so I updated lots of packages and the problem was > gone. I tested a bit and it seems like it was an error in nvidia 270.41.*, Now > I am using nvidia 275.09.07 and terminal works again like expected. Maybe > somebody could acknowledge this so Nick could close the bug. Seems to be fixed here as well, also using 275.09.07. I've only used it for a few minutes but I'm pretty sure the problem is gone.