Bug#434047: libxrandr2: Compiz fail to refresh with version 2:1.2.1-1

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

reassign 434047 nvidia-glx
retitle 434047 nvidia-glx interaction issues with libXrandr 1.2 causes Compiz to not refresh correctly
thank you




Jaime Ochoa Malagón wrote:
> I understand the requirements and I pretend to use nv driver to test
> it, I'm not sure if this is posible but I'll try...
>
> I just upgrade nvidia-glx to the last version and the behaivor is
> consistent...
>
> I need to ask it sorry to bother
> If I use to have nvidia 0.9746-2 and change to 100.14.11-1 and
> If I use to have compiz 0.2.2-1 and change to 0.5.0.dfsg-2 and
> I have beryl 0.2.0*
>
> the only change is libxrandr2 upgrade and downgrade and the other apps
> works with the old version and not with the new one...
>
> I guess something change between the version that's is not new and the
> behaivor has changed at least for amd64...
>
> I'll try to reproduce with another driver, just will take me a litle
> time just change nv for nvidia doesn't do the trick...


I can't reproduce the problem with ati or intel drivers. And it is known
that nvidia-glx doesn't support randr-1.2 yet. It should be able to
interact with the randr-1.1 compatibility layer in the server, but maybe
it does not, causing your problem here. So I am reassigning the bug
accordingly.

Brice