Hi. I upgraded X to the version currently in sarge on June 17. Since then, in any 3D apps (e.g. blender, flightgear, bzflag), I've been seeing some very odd behavior related to the mouse cursor. So long as the mouse is not moved, everything is fine. However, sometimes (but not always), if the mouse is moved, a small rectangular off-colored patch appears at the location where the mouse started. No other distortion appears along the path the mouse moves, nor at the mouse cursor's final destination. Any subsequent screen updates usually update the bogus region correctly, so the distortion is transient. However, in software where the mouse gets moved a lot, this can make the screen extremely difficult to read. This is especially a problem with blender. One manipulates the mouse small amounts quite a bit; the distorted area prevents you from seeing the region on which you're working. Using pulldown menus is also difficult; the distortion(s) make menus difficult to impossible to read. See http://www.speakeasy.net/~cmetzler/blender_distorted.png http://www.speakeasy.net/~cmetzler/blender_distorted02.png for examples of mucked-up menus. I never saw this before updating my X installation to the version currently in sarge (4.3.0.dfsg.1-4). But if it's a problem with X in sarge, I would naively think that someone else would be seeing this too; but no bugs have been reported. So I'm wondering if anyone here has seen this, and/or if anyone else can reproduce it. Thanks, -c -- Chris Metzler cmetzler@speakeasy.snip-me.net (remove "snip-me." to email) "As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I have become civilized." - Chief Luther Standing Bear
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