The plot thickens... I just noticed that when I see the problem, clicking the terminals title bar and moving the terminal restores the images. Hence, it can't be terminfo. Finger is now pointing at X11/compiz/unity.
I'm running Unity 3D with the propriatary nvidia drivers (yeah, I know... :-) : $ lspci | grep -i nvidia 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT218 [NVS 3100M] (rev a2) 01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1) $ dpkg -l | grep nvidia ii nvidia-common 1:0.2.35 Find obsolete NVIDIA drivers ii nvidia-current 280.13-0ubuntu5 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library ii nvidia-settings 280.13-0ubuntu2 Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver $ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/861268 Title: screen corruption using tmux and urxvt To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ncurses/+bug/861268/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs