Re: Change colour of cursor and matching bracket

On 30.09.12 15:30, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> I also use a different cursor color for Insert mode. It's nice, but
> recently it has started to cause terminal window flicker. I asked
> Thomas Dickey and he blames Ubuntu Compiz. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and
> an automatic update about a month ago started the problem. It first
> happened after a reboot, one of the updates before that must have caused
> it.

On a new install of Ubuntu, two things seem invaluable; turning off
NetworkManager before doing anything else, and ensuring that automatic
upgrades are disabled. Stability is more conducive to sanity and
productivity than having the latest bugs, ISTM. (OK, an occasional
peek at the Update Manager, and acceptance of security upgrades, could
let in a new bug too, but I've been fortunate so far.)

Incidentally, to protect against unfortunate upgrades, I keep the older
OS version, installing the new version in another partition. If it isn't
much chop, it can be overwritten when a better one comes along. If it's
OK, then installs alternate between partitions, clobbering the older
version, as I upgrade once every 3 years or so.

> Still don't know how to fix it. It gets a bit annoying. Searching for
> Ubuntu screen flicker has many hits, but I haven't spotted the right one
> yet.

Giving up Compiz for Metacity or other WM, temporarily, might confirm
that Compiz is the culprit. Then reversion to an older version ought to
fix it, with a bit of luck. (An "apt-get remove --purge compiz"
hopefully won't leave much of the current install, but e.g. with apache2
I've had to clean out leftover subordinate packages.)

Erik

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He sings his song as he rattles along and then he falls apart.
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