[GRLUG] Block characters in gnome-termina after changing video card

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > > In gnome-terminal the the characters I type on the command line randomly
> > > appear as blocks rather than characters.  Then when I hit enter, or even
> > > just click in the window, they suddenly appear.  As if what I'm seeing
> > > is an artifact of the cursor block.  Characters coming from the system
> > > (command output, etc...) never appear as blocked, just the ones I type
> > > on the command line,  Crufty old xterm doesn't have the problem and
> > > neither does any other application (evolution, etc...)
> > What happens if you disable compiz and xgl again?  If the problem goes
> > away, I would be inclined to think it's a video driver bug. 
> I *think* the problem was not present before XGL was enabled, I'll
> double check.

Nope, I was wrong.  I don't see it so far without XGL enabled.  Also XGL
crashes when I open the WMOGAG master document in OO writer,  which
seems oddly specific.  But at least the system nicely falls back to
non-3d-accelerated desktop and I don't loose any apps.

> > Are you using the open-source drivers or NVidia's driver?
> The NVidia driver; I briefly see the NVidia logo when X starts and the
> NVidia-GNOME utilities seem to work.