[gentoo-user] Re: text in xterm

[Grant Edwards]

On 2010-10-07, Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:57 AM, James <jtp@×××××.com> wrote:
>
>> Folks,
>>
>> I have an interesting problem -- not sure what's causing it.
>>
>> Using xfce4 + compiz -- nothing too fancy. When I open an xterm and
>> start typing, I start getting 'artifacts' (specifically green lines
>> between the various letters I'm trying) in my xterm.
>
> What video hardware and driver are you using?

I used to see (different) rendering artifacts when using the ATI fglrx
"blob" driver and aterm -- but not other drivers nor other programs. I
switched to the radeon driver, and haven't had any issues since.
Actually, the last time I tried the fglrx driver, I think the problem
had gone away.

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