Window frame and title bar not drawn on Ubuntu

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I'm not sure whether this also affects also Linux distributions.

Due to known problems with OpenGl and the X-server overlay manager, the
window frame (and the title bar) are sometimes not drawn. They are there
(if you click in the correct place, you can still resize and drag the
window) but simply not visible. When dragging the window when it is
visible, the contents are not visible, resizing will then usually make
visvis redraw.

More information:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RedirectedDirectRendering

The wx backend seems less affected by this problem, probably because it
uses the native widget toolkit. The problem of the contents not being drawn
when dragging was there, but I resolved this by posting an update event at
each EVT_ACTIVATE event.

Solution (kind of):
A solution while the bug is not fixed is to disable the visual effects in
System > Preferences > Appearance.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by almar.klein@gmail.com on 21 Mar 2010 at 11:30

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Original comment by almar.klein@gmail.com on 21 Mar 2010 at 11:31

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In the first line I  meant to say: I'm not sure whether this also affects 
*other*
Linux distributions.

Tested visvis on Kubuntu. No problem there, so it's probably related to gnome.

Original comment by almar.klein@gmail.com on 23 Mar 2010 at 10:45

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Update. I am now running Linux Mint 10, and have no problems whatsoever.

Original comment by almar.klein@gmail.com on 1 Feb 2011 at 11:42

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Nope, Mint 13 is fine too. Closing this issue.

Original comment by almar.klein@gmail.com on 1 Aug 2012 at 10:25

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