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Re: Xemacs recently began displaying multiple red cursors



Hi,

Steve M. Robbins <steve@sumost.ca> (19/06/2011):
> I'm running Debian sid, using xemacs 21.4.22-3.1, which is nearly a
> year old.  In the last couple of weeks, the editor window began
> "leaving behind" copies of the red cursor box.  See attached
> screenshot.  Redrawing the window (e.g. using CTRL-L) is enough to
> clear up the cursors.

http://pkg-xorg.alioth.debian.org/howto/report-bugs.html applies. Try
with and without compositing.

> Since xemacs hasn't changed since July 2010, the bug is clearly caused
> by something else.  Maybe Xorg (I use RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon
> chipsets).

And possibly with the fbdev driver instead of radeon.

> I haven't noticed this behaviour in any other application.
> 
> Anyone else seen this?  Any clues? 

Might be a damage handling issue. Could be due to a bug in the kernel,
etc.

Mraw,
KiBi.

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