Compiz using up all video ram ( Black Windows )

[RAH66]

I ran into this problem when I installed Compiz Fusion.
I found that when I open allot of windows I start seeing allot of black windows and even menu items...

Did some research and found on another post that this means that compiz or wateva has used up all of my video ram ( Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT 128 mg ) but thought that is strange coz isnt the card supposed to start using system ram when it runs out of its own ram like it does in windows?

(BTW running 2gigs system ram and even with a ton of apps and windows open only 30% at most is ever used )

Anyway just wanted to know if there is any way to fix this or to enable that my card can start using system ram when it runs out of it's own ram...

[AriciU]

Start it up with:

compiz --replace --indirect-rendering

and see if it works better.

Beware though. I lost the abbility to CTRL+ALT+Backspace (restart GDM) when i started it that way... Everything froze and i had to do a hard reboot.

[RAH66]

ok I'll check it out...

[RAH66]

LOL sorta got better instead of total black windows I got semi empty windows meaning the spaces came up were the stuff should be but no content looks like it fixed the black menus though coz although the windows are "empty" the menus still worked fine.

I think you are on the right track...

thanx for the input gives a guy hope u know...

[AriciU]

I have a 6800GT with 256mb and i just opened like 15 of those windows without a glitch. And i don't start with the command i just posted. Must be some setting somewhere i guess.

Hope someone else chimes in...

Does ctrl+alt+backspace work now btw or does your system freeze for good?

[RAH66]

LOL yeah thats the funny thing no freezes nothing and my system was running smoothly with 25 windows which of 7 were empty spinning the cube playing music running windows xp in virtual box everything no lag nothing...

all I did was close them all and when I opened new windows they were fine...

very strange lol well I needed a reason to go get that 8800 hey

[eyelessfade]

It's a nvidia driver bug. They have said they will fix it

[RAH66]

Hectic do you know when they would have a fix ready for this BUG argh!!!
or lets put it this way when did you hear they are working on it?

[diafanos]

Originally Posted by RAH66 Hectic do you know when they would have a fix ready for this BUG argh!!! or lets put it this way when did you hear they are working on it?

I came across with this:

This driver does not fix the black window bug issue that some Beryl/Compiz users experience (still a few more months until it will likely be resolved).

here

I don't know the reliability of this site, but I hope it's true, cause black window bug is a really annoying one...

[RAH66]

Yeah it's very anoyin anyway when I booted my pc I checked new updates including a
nvidia-glx driver update so hopefully this fixes some issues. Let you know if I see any changes...