Bug#636874: gnome-shell: random characters are missing

Simon Wenner wenners at student.ethz.ch
Sat Aug 6 16:06:14 UTC 2011


Package: gnome-shell
Version: 3.0.2-1+b1
Severity: important

In about 50% of my gnome-shell sessions random characters in the
interface of
the shell are missing. See attached screen shot. The clock and network
applet are
affected too.

GPU: VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV770 [Radeon HD 4850]
Driver: xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.14.2-1




-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (150, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.39-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_CH.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_CH.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on:
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend [gs 0.7.5-3      simple configuration
storage syste
ii  gconf2                      2.32.4-1     GNOME configuration
database syste
ii  gir1.2-atk-1.0              2.0.1-2      ATK accessibility toolkit
(GObject
ii  gir1.2-clutter-1.0          1.6.16-1     GObject introspection data
for the
ii  gir1.2-freedesktop          0.10.8-2     Introspection data for some
FreeDe
ii  gir1.2-gconf-2.0            2.32.4-1     GNOME configuration
database syste
ii  gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0        2.23.5-2     GDK Pixbuf library -
GObject-Intro
ii  gir1.2-gkbd-3.0             3.0.0.1-1    GObject introspection data
for the
ii  gir1.2-glib-2.0             0.10.8-2     Introspection data for
GLib, GObje
ii  gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0   3.0.0-1      Introspection data for
GnomeBlueto
ii  gir1.2-gtk-3.0              3.0.11-1     GTK+ graphical user
interface libr
ii  gir1.2-json-1.0             0.13.4-2     GLib JSON manipulation
library (in
ii  gir1.2-mutter-3.0           3.0.2.1-2    GObject introspection data
for Mut
ii  gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0   0.8.9997-1   GObject introspection data
for Net
ii  gir1.2-pango-1.0            1.28.4-1     Layout and rendering of
internatio
ii  gir1.2-polkit-1.0           0.101-4      GObject introspection data
for Pol
ii  gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12   0.15.4-1     GLib Telepathy connection
manager
ii  gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2  0.2.10-1     Telepathy logger service -
introsp
ii  gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0       0.9.12-1+b1  GObject introspection data
for upo
ii  gjs                         1.29.0-1     Mozilla-based javascript
bindings
ii  gnome-bluetooth             3.0.0-1      GNOME Bluetooth tools
ii  gnome-icon-theme-symbolic   3.0.0-2      GNOME Desktop icon theme
(symbolic
ii  gnome-settings-daemon       3.0.2-1      daemon handling the GNOME
session
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas   3.0.1-1      GSettings deskop-wide schemas
ii  libatk1.0-0                 2.0.1-2      ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                       2.13-10      Embedded GNU C Library:
Shared lib
ii  libcairo-gobject2           1.10.2-6     The Cairo 2D vector
graphics libra
ii  libcairo2                   1.10.2-6     The Cairo 2D vector
graphics libra
ii  libcamel1.2-19              2.32.3-1     Evolution MIME message
handling li
ii  libcanberra0                0.28-1       a simple abstract interface
for pl
ii  libclutter-1.0-0            1.6.16-1     Open GL based interactive
canvas l
ii  libcroco3                   0.6.2-1      a generic Cascading Style
Sheet (C
ii  libdbus-1-3                 1.4.12-5     simple interprocess
messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2            0.94-4       simple interprocess
messaging syst
ii  libdconf0                   0.7.5-3      simple configuration
storage syste
ii  libdrm2                     2.4.26-1     Userspace interface to
kernel DRM
ii  libebook1.2-10              3.0.0-1      Client library for
evolution addre
ii  libecal1.2-8                3.0.0-1      Client library for
evolution calen
ii  libedataserver1.2-14        3.0.0-1      Utility library for
evolution data
ii  libedataserverui-3.0-0      3.0.0-1      GUI utility library for
evolution
ii  libffi5                     3.0.9-7      Foreign Function Interface
library
ii  libfontconfig1              2.8.0-3      generic font configuration
library
ii  libfreetype6                2.4.4-2      FreeType 2 font engine,
shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4                 2.32.4-1     GNOME configuration
database syste
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0          2.23.5-2     GDK Pixbuf library
ii  libgirepository-1.0-1       0.10.8-2     Library for handling
GObject intro
ii  libgjs0b                    1.29.0-1     Mozilla-based javascript
bindings
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]    7.10.3-3     free implementation of the
OpenGL
ii  libglib2.0-0                2.28.6-2     GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-3-0        3.0.2-2      Utility library for loading
.deskt
ii  libgnome-menu2              3.0.1-1      GNOME implementation of the
freede
ii  libgstreamer0.10-0          0.10.35-1    Core GStreamer libraries
and eleme
ii  libgtk-3-0                  3.0.11-1     GTK+ graphical user
interface libr
ii  libical0                    0.44-3       iCalendar library
implementation i
ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0          0.13.4-2     GLib JSON manipulation library
ii  libmozjs5d                  5.0-6        Mozilla SpiderMonkey
JavaScript li
ii  libmutter0                  3.0.2.1-2    window manager library from
the Mu
ii  libnspr4-0d                 4.8.8-2      NetScape Portable Runtime
Library
ii  libnss3-1d                  3.12.10-3    Network Security Service
libraries
ii  libpango1.0-0               1.28.4-1     Layout and rendering of
internatio
ii  libpolkit-agent-1-0         0.101-4      PolicyKit Authentication
Agent API
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0       0.101-4      PolicyKit Authorization API
ii  libpulse-mainloop-glib0     0.9.23-1     PulseAudio client libraries
(glib
ii  libpulse0                   0.9.23-1     PulseAudio client libraries
ii  libsoup2.4-1                2.34.3-1     HTTP library implementation
in C -
ii  libsqlite3-0                3.7.7-2      SQLite 3 shared library
ii  libstartup-notification0    0.12-1       library for program launch
feedbac
ii  libtelepathy-glib0          0.15.4-1     Telepathy framework - GLib
library
ii  libtelepathy-logger2        0.2.10-2     Telepathy logger service -
utility
ii  libx11-6                    2:1.4.3-2    X11 client-side library
ii  libxcomposite1              1:0.4.3-2    X11 Composite extension library
ii  libxdamage1                 1:1.1.3-2    X11 damaged region
extension libra
ii  libxext6                    2:1.3.0-3    X11 miscellaneous extension
librar
ii  libxfixes3                  1:5.0-4      X11 miscellaneous 'fixes'
extensio
ii  libxi6                      2:1.4.3-3    X11 Input extension library
ii  libxml2                     2.7.8.dfsg-3 GNOME XML library
ii  mesa-utils                  8.0.1-2      Miscellaneous Mesa GL utilities
ii  pkg-config                  0.26-1       manage compile and link
flags for
ii  python                      2.6.7-1      interactive high-level
object-orie

Versions of packages gnome-shell recommends:
ii  gnome-control-center         1:3.0.1.1-1 utilities to configure the
GNOME d

gnome-shell suggests no packages.

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