low-res graphics screw up display

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I have a widescreen Asus 24" monitor hooked up to my system, at 1920x1080 resolution. It's working okay as far as I can tell, except when I run a low-res application at full screen, such as a Big Fish Games game or demo (uses Flash Player, and I have the latest version installed), when I exit the full screen low-res app, my display is distorted to the point where all text becomes unreadable. The interesting part is that I take a screenshot of the display in this state, and it still looks all screwed up ... but if I reboot and come back in with a clean display, even the screen shot that looked horrible appears to be fine. Maybe this is an Xquartz problem? How can I tell?

 

The following appears in windowserver.log:

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Nov 16 21:06:07  [109] kCGErrorFailure: destroyBackingSurface : IOAccelWriteLockSurface = e00002bdNov 16 21:06:33  [109] kCGErrorFailure: destroyBackingSurface : IOAccelWriteLockSurface = e00002bd
Nov 16 21:07:13  [109] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXSetWindowListTags: Operation on a window 0x6 not owned by caller CoreServicesUIAgent
Nov 16 21:07:21  [109] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXSetWindowFilter: Invalid filter 26
Nov 16 21:07:21  [109] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXReleaseCIFilter: Invalid filter 26Nov 16 21:07:21  [109] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXSetWindowListTags: Operation on a window 0x6 not owned by caller Spro
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Nov 16 21:07:23  [109] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXOrderWindow: Operation on a window 0x6 not owned by caller Sprouts Ad
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Nov 16 21:07:40  [109] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXSetWindowShape: Operation on a window 0x6 not owned by caller Preview
Nov 16 21:07:40  [109] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXSetWindowShape: Operation on a window 0x6 not owned by caller Install
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Nov 16 21:07:40  [109] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXSetWindowShape: Operation on a window 0x6 not owned by caller Adium
Nov 16 21:07:40  [109] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXSetWindowShape: Operation on a window 0x6 not owned by caller Dropbox
Nov 16 21:07:40  [109] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXSetWindowFilter: Invalid filter 26Nov 16 21:07:40  [109] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXReleaseCIFilter: Invalid filter 26
Nov 16 21:08:58  [109] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXSetWindowFilter: Invalid filter 26
Nov 16 21:08:58  [109] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXReleaseCIFilter: Invalid filter 26
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Ah ... I now see this in system.log, which seems to indicate a Flash programming problem ... any way to work around this?

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Nov 16 21:07:16 myhost [0x0-0x11b11b].com.yourcompany.mdm_flash_player[2395]: Debugger() was called!
Nov 16 21:07:17 myhost mdm_flash_player[2395]: app awake from nib
Nov 16 21:07:17 myhost mdm_flash_player[2395]: Warning once: This application, or a library it uses, is using NSQuickDrawView, which has been deprecated. Apps should cease use of QuickDraw and move to Quartz.
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