On Thu, 28 Nov 2013 01:16:41 +0000 Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Nov 2013 16:25:01 -0800, Khumba wrote: > > > > I've had a similiar problem: X would randomly crash when I ran > > > Claws-Mail and cursor wasn't showing in Eclipse. The solution for me > > > was to downgrade to =x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.21.15 (currently > > > latest stable version). > > > > Yes, this works, thanks! > > Masking 2.99.906, which dropped me back to 2.99.905-r1, worked for me. FWIW, staying fully ~amd64 and disabling XFCE's compositor also fixes the problem here.