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From: Andrew Tselischev <andrewts@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Weird graphical glitches after world update
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 08:43:49
Message-Id: 20131127083951.GA2328@thinkpad-gentoo-89r
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Weird graphical glitches after world update by Khumba
1 On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:54:02AM -0800, Khumba wrote:
2 > On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 21:39:03 +0000
3 > Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
4 >
5 > > On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:49:25 -0800, walt wrote:
6 > >
7 > > > One other possibility is that xorg updated something that broke some
8 > > > video drivers. Maybe "qlop -l xorg" would give you a hint about when
9 > > > your video problem first appeared?
10 > > >
11 > > I'm seeing similar, but not identical issues, most annoying in the
12 > > message list in Claws Mail, which seem to be caused by
13 > > x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.99.906. Downgrading to the previous
14 > > version gets rid of the problem.
15 >
16 > Same problem here, running ~amd64, hit the problem when I upgraded
17 > last Wednesday. Ditto for Urxvt, Emacs, and Claws. I tried downgrading
18 > from x86-video-intel-2.99.906 to 2.99.905-r1 which fixed the glitch, but
19 > then when I clicked on lists in Claws, X would randomly crash.
20 >
21 > Maybe time to try downgrading more than just the video drivers; I also
22 > upgraded other X packages at the time, including xorg-server.
23 >
24 > Cheers,
25 > Bryan
26 >
27
28 I've had a similiar problem: X would randomly crash when I ran
29 Claws-Mail and cursor wasn't showing in Eclipse. The solution for me
30 was to downgrade to =x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.21.15 (currently
31 latest stable version).

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Weird graphical glitches after world update Khumba <bog@××××××.net>