Flickering problem!

[sylvainrb]

This problem first happened with image viewer when putting a picture into fullscreen mode. The window just starts flickering like crazy. I "sort of" resolved the problem by using gThumb instead of image viewer.

Does anyone has a solution for image viewer besides this?

And now, I have the same problem with Open Office word processor. I had 2 files opened and suddenly they started to flicker back and forth until I killed their process through the terminal.

Are there any ways to prevent this since I don't want to lose my work randomly again?

Could it be related to compiz and emerald?

Thanks a lot!

[llamabr]

maybe try turning off compiz? it doesn't play well when you have a slow system, or with certain apps.

[sylvainrb]

I just updated my system with 2GB of memory and compiz works fine (no slow downs).

I like the cube with compiz. Any other alternative? Or is there quick commands to turn it off and on again while saving the parameters?

[RedSingularity]

The "Fusion Icon" allows for quick switching between metacity and compiz.

[sylvainrb]

Fusion-icon does the trick though the transition isn't as smooth as I'd like, i.e. icons on the task bar look all weird until I log off/on again (I'm a perfectionist hehe)... Thanks for the tip!