Bug#476492: Disabling compositing breaks

[Matt Kraai]

Package: metacity
Version: 1:2.22.0-1

When I disable compositing using

 gconftool-2 -s '/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager' --type bool false

(after enabling it by running

 gconftool-2 -s '/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager' --type bool true

) the screen becomes corrupted.  It shows outlines of the windows that
were shown, but not their contents.  The cursor changes as appropriate
and I can control the applications using the keyboard, but the windows
aren't updated.

I wasn't able to determine how to fix the problem, so I switched to a
different virtual console and killed x-session-manager.

I think it should be possible to continue running normally after
disabling compositing.

-- 
Matt