I too have an ATI graphics card and this problem manifest itself when I updated to the ATI drivers. However, I discovered that the ATI install turned on desktop effects (which had previously been turned off), and when I turned these completely off, the problem went away:
Systems-->preferences-->appearance-->visual effects Set this to none. It fixed it for me. -- Blender problem with compiz in Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/218596 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs