Bug#346421: The problem is still there

Thu Sep 20 23:59:31 UTC 2007

El Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 09:26:27PM +0200, Sven Arvidsson ens deleità amb les següents paraules:
> On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 20:51 +0200, Lluis wrote:
>> I'm still suffering from this problem (here is a list of the chaotic mix of 
>> versions that I have):
> [snip versions]
>> I've also added libqt* because Amarok is also suffering this problem, along 
>> with unison, subcommander and the tray icons in gnome-panel (and no other 
>> that I can remember now). 
> [snipped config]
>>   Driver          "intel"
> 
> Hi,
> 
> So this happens both with the proprietary nvidia driver, the intel one, 
> and both with GTK+ and Qt applications?

this is what it seems...

> This sounds more like a problem with the X server. From the xorg.conf it 
> looks like you have a very custom setup, have you tried to temporarily 
> move it out of the way and try with the default settings? The ones that 
> "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" gives you?

well, after fiddling around with the "optional" lines of my xorg.conf, I've 
found a combination of two lines which drive the rendering crazy (in the 
Device section):

Option "AccelMethod" "exa"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"

> Also, is there anything common between the GTK+ and Qt applications, for 
> example, what kind of font are you using?

After playing with the options, it seems to me that it's something related 
to the xserver (although only the text of some - gtk & qt - applications 
and the gnome trayincon applets seem to be affected)

Hope this helps instead of darkening the problem :)

PS: if it is confirmed, maybe this bug should be "linked" (or wathever is 
the official name) to the X server.

PS2: this is my current dpkg-reconfigured xorg.conf, where the commented 
lines are the ones I pasted from my old config, if I uncomment the 
aforementioned lines in this same file, the rendering starts failing

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# xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
EndSection

#Section "Module"
#  Load  "bitmap"
#  Load  "dbe"
#  Load  "ddc"
#  Load  "dri" ##
#  Load  "extmod"
#  Load  "freetype"
#  Load  "glx"
#  Load  "int10"
#  Load  "vbe"
#  Load  "type1"
#  Load  "synaptics"
#  Load  "i2c"
#  #Load  "xtt"
#EndSection

#Section "Extensions"
#  Option  "Composite" "enable"
#  Option  "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
#  Option  "Render"    "true"
#  Option  "RandR"     "true"
#EndSection

#Section "DRI"
#  Mode    0666
#EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"kbd"
	Option		"CoreKeyboard"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
  #Option    "XkbModel"  "pc105"
  Option    "XkbModel"  "inspiron"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"es"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"		"ImPS/2"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Synaptics Touchpad"
	Driver		"synaptics"
	Option		"SendCoreEvents"	"true"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/psaux"
	Option		"Protocol"		"auto-dev"
	Option		"HorizScrollDelta"	"0"

#  Option      "SHMConfig"       "true"
#  Option      "Protocol"        "auto-dev"
#  Option      "LeftEdge"        "1700"
#  Option      "RightEdge"       "5300"
#  Option      "TopEdge"         "1700"
#  Option      "BottomEdge"      "4200"
#  Option      "FingerLow"       "25"
#  Option      "FingerHigh"      "30"
#  Option      "MaxTapTime"      "180"
#  Option      "MaxTapMove"      "220"
#  Option      "VertScrollDelta" "100"
#  Option      "MinSpeed"        "0.06"
#  Option      "MaxSpeed"        "0.12"
#  Option      "AccelFactor"     "0.0010"
#  Option      "TapButton1"      "1"
#  Option      "TapButton2"      "2"
# #Option      "TapButton3"      "1"
#  Option      "LTCornerButton"  "2"
# #Option      "LBCornerButton"  "0"
# #Option      "RTCornerButton"  "0"
# #Option      "RBCornerButton"  "0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller"
	Driver		"intel"
	BusID		"PCI:0:2:0"
	Option		"UseFBDev"		"true"

#  Screen          0
#
#  Option          "VBERestore"            "true"
#  Option          "DRI"                   "true"
#  Option          "AGPMode"               "4"
#  Option          "AGPFastWrite"          "true"
#  Option          "EnablePageFlip"        "true"
#  Option          "DisplayInfo"           "false"
#  Option          "VideoRam"              "131072"
#  #Option          "DDC"           "false"
#  Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"

#  Option          "PageFlip"              "true"
#  Option "AccelMethod" "exa"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Monitor genÃ¨ric"
	Option		"DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller"
	Monitor		"Monitor genÃ¨ric"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
    #Virtual          1280 1792
    #Virtual          1280 1024
		#Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"Default Layout"
	Screen		"Default Screen"
	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"
	InputDevice	"Configured Mouse"
	InputDevice	"Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection