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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Odd artifacts on screen
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 09:21:26 +0000
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On Friday 19 January 2007 14:30, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Recently I've noticed that I tend to get strange smudging effects on
> text displayed in X. I've attached a small (5k) .png that shows the
> effect (it's the smudge on the word "have").
>
> I've been trying to narrow down some common factors to find what's
> behind it all. Here's my conclusions:
>
> It's not kde, as I get it in gnome as well
> It's not gnome for the same reason.
> It's not a kde lib as I get it in firefox too.
> It only affects text in the client window, the wm decorations are always
> OK, as is the menus, tab labels, graphics, etc, etc. It's also
> noticeable in konsole.
>
> I don't recall seeing it when I used fglrx, so I presume it started when
> I reverted back to the radeon driver. The logs show no errors but a few
> warnings that might be related (details below). Refreshing the display
> tends to make these effects go away, as does moving the pointer out of
> and back into the window client area.
I am using the Radeon driver with a Radeon Mobility M6 LY card, and similar=
=20
artifacts sometimes appear on OpenOffice and when viewing large pdf documen=
ts. =20
AIGLX will give a list of warnings and then will load:
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x30
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x31
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x32
(II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized /usr/lib/dri/radeon_dri.so
(II) GLX: Initialized DRI GL provider for screen 0
I've just learned to live with it (since I haven't found a solution yet).
=2D-=20
Regards,
Mick
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