I had a case of this the other day. I was minding my own business, when suddenly one of my monitors starts going wonky. This is an LCD monitor, but an older one, so it isn't inconceivable that it could be going bad. How else would I explain the weird spots that were showing up on it? They looked like this:
Which looks like weird hot-spots in the screen. So I started to muttering. Plus, the screen was noticeably dimmer. Futzing with the brigthness and contrast settings didn't do a thing for it either. Plus it seemed to follow no matter which window I put on the hot spots.
Then, I realized what the problem was.
Compiz. Somehow, the rdesktop window that represents had been made slightly transparent, and the wall-paper was showing through. This screen shot is with the transparency fully down, you can barely make out the ConsoleOne icon in it.
So no, I didn't have a monitor going bad, I had a mouse mis-cue somewhere that caused that rdesktop window to go a bit transparent. No worries!
Aie.
Which looks like weird hot-spots in the screen. So I started to muttering. Plus, the screen was noticeably dimmer. Futzing with the brigthness and contrast settings didn't do a thing for it either. Plus it seemed to follow no matter which window I put on the hot spots.
Then, I realized what the problem was.
Compiz. Somehow, the rdesktop window that represents had been made slightly transparent, and the wall-paper was showing through. This screen shot is with the transparency fully down, you can barely make out the ConsoleOne icon in it.
So no, I didn't have a monitor going bad, I had a mouse mis-cue somewhere that caused that rdesktop window to go a bit transparent. No worries!
Aie.
I thought the issue was, and one we all share, that you had C1 on your desktop. That's a problem in and of itself!