Desktop Issue

[Guest]

Hi all,
I Dont know if anybody else has this issue. Whenever i start Kubuntu my wallpaper has a kind of see through window on it which is not moveable the only way I have been able to get rid of it is to switch to the netbook desktop and then back again. The issue then reappears when starting up again. I have installed the nvidia drivers to match my video card (NVIDIA 8800 GTX) but the issue still remains. Any ideas what is causing this??
Please see attached picture below

http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/.../snapshot1.png

[skunk]

Re: Desktop Issue

Known bug https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=251537
Workaround: Try disabling shadows in desktop effects

[GreyGeek]

Re: Desktop Issue

You nailed it Skunk!
(I deleted my worthless post)

The guy who made that bug report at KDE also made one on the launchpad bugzilla and said:

While I initially observed this bug on my Desktop PC running Kubuntu 10.04 + backported KDE 4.5.1 I am now able to reproduce it using the 10.10 release candidate running inside a VirtualBox VM. This rules out a graphics-driver-related issue.

[Guest]

Re: Desktop Issue

Thanks guys. Did not realize that a bug report had already been filed. Guess I'll wait for a fix. In the meantime restarting x seems to resolve the issue.

Andy

[kyonides]

Re: Desktop Issue

You may want to vote for that bug so the devs may notice there are more people involved...