menu boxes stuck on screen

[deepdivered]

i have looked all over and seen nothing like this. when i open the ubuntu menu some times the boxes freeze to my screen. how do i fix this?

i attached a screen shot to show whats happening

[Blacklemon67]

I have the same problem too! I would guess it's a problem with metacity. I ended it's process one time and the stuck stuff went away, but along with it the window decoration :C

I have no idea what's going on, the only way to fix it is to log out and log in again.

Someone help us please D:

[Blacklemon67]

I've switched to compiz from system -> preferences -> appearance -> visual effects -> normal. With compiz instead of metacity this no longer happens.

[Ziga]

I have same problem, only my visual effects are all grayed out..

[war59312]

Having this problem too.

New with Ubuntu 10.10. Did NOT have this problem with 10.04.

[war59312]

Bump.

Really annoying!

Any thoughts anyone? Fixed in 11.04 by chance?

This is on a server with ati es1000 graphics, which looks like there is no real working driver for still today.

./compiz-check

Gathering information about your system...

Distribution: Ubuntu 10.10
Desktop environment: GNOME
Graphics chip: ATI Technologies Inc ES1000 (rev 02)
Driver in use: radeon
Rendering method: AIGLX

Checking if it's possible to run Compiz on your system...

Checking for texture_from_pixmap... [ OK ]
Checking for non power of two support... [ OK ]
Checking for composite extension... [ OK ]
Checking for FBConfig... [ OK ]
Checking for hardware/setup problems... [FAIL]

There has been (at least) one error detected with your setup:
Error: Software Rasterizer in use

[rowanparker]

Did nobody find a fix other than 'using compiz' (which isn't an option till they sort full screen flash)?

[natomasboy]

I have this problem too. I noticed it in Ubuntu 10.10.

I have a Dell optiplex 760 with a MSI R4350 (ATI 4350) video card running dual monitors. I too have to login/logout to get rid of this annoying problem.

any help would be appreciated!

right-click context menus are stuck like ghost images that won't go away.

[natomasboy]

Problem also in Windows 7 but turning off/on the monitor doesn't help:

http://www.techsupportforum.com/foru...en-256096.html

[natomasboy]

Hmm... changing Visual Effects to 'Normal' appears to have made the images go away. The screen flickers for a few moments and when the question 'Do you want to keep this configuration' appears the ghost images are gone.