Well I turned on KMS and that also fixes the problem for me, and I don't get artifacts however I got a freeze relatively quickly (using AGP as well). Maybe I would have gotten it without KMS using 3d as well, I don't know because I never used 3d for long, since the desktop is black.
-- (Needs KMS) Background and full screen apps don't show up when Normal Visual Effects on (Radeon 7500) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/444139 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