Ping! Anyone here got any thoughts on this or should I go bug the gnome-shell/mutter people on the assumption that it's compositing related?
Col 'Twas brillig, and Colin Guthrie at 23/08/11 12:56 did gyre and gimble: > Hi, > > I've been suffering with this problem for a while now, but can't > specifically remember when it was introduced, but I'm currently using: > kernel: 3.0.3 > mesa: 7.11 > libdrm: 2.4.26 > x: 1.10.4 > intel: 2.16.0 > > > The problem presents itself in a couple different ways: > 1. some tiling issues in some apps (notably firefox when scrolling) [1] > 2. Not updating the screen generally, e.g. click on an email in > thunderbird and not have the preview pane update to the new email > contents (although I know it's just a screen update issue - the email > *has* been rendered - just not displayed) > > I suspect this problem relates actually more towards some compositing > problems (perhaps damage related) rather than a driver problem, but as > I've not heard anyone else complain about compositing issues, I figure > it should start my investigations here! > > I am currently using gnome-shell (well, mutter I guess) for compositing > (3.1.5). > > > Some other points worth noting: > > 1. I don't seem to get quite the same problem using kwin for compsiting > under a KDE desktop. > 2. Under gnome-shell, if I run gnome-terminal, it's quite often > noticeable (type a command and the previous output is not scrolled up). > Running knosole instead doesn't seem to have the same problem. > 3. Connected to the above, the problem seems more apparent in gtk apps - > can't recall seeing problems under Qt. Libre office is also affected > tho' - whole buttons disappear a lot in e.g. the ooimpress wizard shown > on launch. I think Libreoffice is using gtk... don't really know it well > tho'. > 4. Whenever any of this happens, triggering a screen refresh "fixes" > things. e.g. pressing the "win" key in gnome shell will zoom out and > back in again and the screen contents are fixed. Even taking a > screenshot fixes things (which makes it a pain to gather evidence!) > > > I appreciate this could very easily NOT be a driver issue, so consider > this my first port of call in the debug trail. The <suck up>very clever > and intelligent and enlightened</suck up> people on this list are the > obvious choice to ask for advice :D > > Cheers > > Col > > > > > > 1. http://colin.guthr.ie/screen-tiling-issue.jpg > > > > > -- Colin Guthrie http://colin.guthr.ie/ _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx
