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From: Khumba <bog@××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Weird graphical glitches after world update
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 00:27:16
Message-Id: 20131127162501.5098686a@khumba.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Weird graphical glitches after world update by Andrew Tselischev
1 On Wed, 27 Nov 2013 12:39:52 +0400
2 Andrew Tselischev <andrewts@×××××××××.net> wrote:
3
4 > On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:54:02AM -0800, Khumba wrote:
5 > > On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 21:39:03 +0000
6 > > Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
7 > >
8 > > > On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:49:25 -0800, walt wrote:
9 > > >
10 > > > > One other possibility is that xorg updated something that broke some
11 > > > > video drivers. Maybe "qlop -l xorg" would give you a hint about when
12 > > > > your video problem first appeared?
13 > > > >
14 > > > I'm seeing similar, but not identical issues, most annoying in the
15 > > > message list in Claws Mail, which seem to be caused by
16 > > > x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.99.906. Downgrading to the previous
17 > > > version gets rid of the problem.
18 > >
19 > > Same problem here, running ~amd64, hit the problem when I upgraded
20 > > last Wednesday. Ditto for Urxvt, Emacs, and Claws. I tried downgrading
21 > > from x86-video-intel-2.99.906 to 2.99.905-r1 which fixed the glitch, but
22 > > then when I clicked on lists in Claws, X would randomly crash.
23 > >
24 > > Maybe time to try downgrading more than just the video drivers; I also
25 > > upgraded other X packages at the time, including xorg-server.
26 > >
27 > > Cheers,
28 > > Bryan
29 > >
30 >
31 > I've had a similiar problem: X would randomly crash when I ran
32 > Claws-Mail and cursor wasn't showing in Eclipse. The solution for me
33 > was to downgrade to =x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.21.15 (currently
34 > latest stable version).
35
36 Yes, this works, thanks!

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Weird graphical glitches after world update Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>