Compiz and kde kicker panel

Hello, I am having a problem using compiz with kde's kicker panel. I have my kicker set on auto-hide and when I enable the option in CCSM "unredirect fullscreen windows" my screen flickers when the kicker panels is raised. This problem dissapears when I again unmark the CCSM option.
I am using kde 4.6.2 and nvidia 270.41.06-1
Any help or workarounds would be appreciated.

From the Compiz Fusion wiki:
Should programs be allowed to draw directly into a fullscreen window, bypassing the compositing process? This can significantly increase the performance of fullscreen games and videos, but may also cause visual glitches. If you don't know which setting is right for your use case, it's safer to leave this option disabled.
Seems like this is an expected issue, since Plasma renders itself independently of other apps and windows and therefore wouldn't comply with Compiz options (accept those found under "KDE Compatability"). I'm not sure how much of the issue would be your video driver and how much would be the window manager.

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