Re: Corrupted windows in KDE after last upgrade in debian/testing
On Mon, 14 May 2012 08:13:46 +0200, wzabolot@elektron.elka.pw.edu.pl
wrote in message <[🔎] 4FB0A29A.2000508@elektron.elka.pw.edu.pl>:
> On 13.05.2012 15:50, Roman V.Leon. wrote:
> > On 13.05.2012 17:23, wzab wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> After last upgrade of my machines, one of them shows strange
> >> windows layout in KDE sessions. I attach the photograph
> >> (unfortunately in the screen dump performed with "import" utility
> >> the effect was not visible, but import complained about "too much
> >> input data"). What's interesting, problem does not occur in the
> >> LXDE session, and it appears only in one of my machines - the one
> >> which uses the "VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation
> >> 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)"
> >>
> >> Other machines - with newer Intel graphics chipsets work normally.
> >> Whet can be the reason and cure for this problem?
> >
> > Hello, Wojtek.
> > Please try to use "vesa" driver in your xorg.conf, it will allow
> > you to make sure that this is a vga driver issue (and maybe not a
> > hardware problem).
> >
> I've tried "vesa" driver (as I'm not using xorg.conf, I've simply
> changed the name of /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so TO
> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so.DISABLED to prevent
> loading)- no corruptions both in LXDE and in KDE sessions.
..`dpkg P xserver-xorg-video-vesa` and try your first|intel
configuration again, it looks like your system is trying to
setup the intel driver for a vesa config, if that makes any
sense to anyone.
> When I've again restored the original name and restarted X, I've got
> this corrupted screen back in KDE (in LXDE everything works good).
>
> I attach the X.log files for both configurations.
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