[SOLVED] Why is my gnome composting/cairo dock not working?

[nbob]

Hello. Im running Linux Mint Debian Edition. I have also installed Cairo Dock.

At first there was a black box for a background, but when I turned on the gnome composting, I got the transparent background that I wanted. I turned on the gnome composting by going to control center/desktop settings/Windows/Use Gnome Composting.

It was fine for about a day.

Then all of a sudden I am back to the black box. I checked the gnome composting check-box and it is still checked. I don't know what else to try.

Perhaps I need to install my graphics driver for my graphics card and use Compiz. I would rather not bother jumping through those hoops if I can help it. Bottom Line -- Gnome Composting is Broken!

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[PrinceSharma]

I would be interested in your laptop's video/graphic's card info, first.

[nbob]

This always happens to me. The problem has gone away after a reboot.

Looks like things are ok now after I re-selected gnome composting.

Thanks for the help.

(my graphics card is a Nvidia GeForce 6150SE)