Bug#537909: xserver-xorg-core: Blank screen when glxgears window receives focus
reassign 537909 libgl1-mesa-dri
forcemerge 537732 537909
severity 537732 grave
thank you
Torquil Macdonald Sørensen wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-core
> Version: 2:1.6.2-1
> Severity: important
>
> When I start glxgears, the screen goes blank. The desktop is shown after a click on the
> left mouse button. Now the glxgears window is happily working as it should, but the window
> is not in focus. If I give it focus, either using the mouse or Alt-TAB, the screen becomes
> blank again. No messages are written to Xorg.0.log as this happens.
>
> It is independent of EXA/XAA/EnablePageFlip settings.
>
> Some info possibly related to this: I was not able to run glxgears at all before the
> upgrade of xserver-xorg-core from 2:1.6.1.901-3 to 2:1.6.2-1. Ref bug no. 536355.
>
It's a Mesa 7.5 bug, see #537732.
You may downgrade to libgl1-mesa-dri 7.5-rc4 from experimental for now.
I'll try to upload a fixed Mesa tonight.
Brice
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