Version: 4.3.95 (using Devel) Compiler: gcc (GCC) 4.4.3 OS: Linux Installed from: Compiled sources This seems to happen whenever anything appears over the video, like volume control or other notifications. I also saw this happen with Compiz. I'm running an Intel i915 video card with these drivers: xf86-video-intel 2.9.1 intel-dri 7.7 libdrm 2.4.17 linux-kernel 2.6.32.7 There is supposedly a workaround for SMPlayer, but I wasn't able to test it because I don't have osd_cat installed (and it isn't in Arch's repos): http://smplayer.berlios.de/forums/viewtopic.php?id=1436 GNOME's mutter and metacity in compositing mode work as expected.
this is because the unredirection state toggles. see bug #177495, comment #2 for a workaround, the osd_cat thing is cumbersome ;-) *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 177495 ***
I'm constantly amazed at how quickly the KDE team responds to bug reports. I'm frankly not used to it. :) Thanks, I'll look into it.