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millson249

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Registered: 2007-08-19

Posts: 10

Issue with X Terminals refreshing

Hello all,

I'm having an issue with my X Terminals (xterm or urxvt) not refreshing properly. I have been searching for days now on google as well as searching the forums, but I can't find anyone else with a similar issue. (Or I don't know the best search terms, which is possible..)

Basically the issue is, lately, anytime I am in an X Terminal (generally urxvt, but I have tried plain old xterm to see if it was just urxvt or something different, but it did it in that as well), it will not refresh properly after text scrolls across the screen...

For example, I will type ls -l and my prompt will move down, but there will be a big blank area with a couple pixels showing between the command and the new prompt. Upon a focus change on my desktop it will display it however, which also reveals the couple pixels that did show are the lower parts of letters that "hang" below the line, like a g or a q. It will also display/scroll underlines as well.

Other examples, which are the most evident, and most annoying, are when I am in irssi, or a CLI text editor/viewer (vi, less, etc). Anytime text scrolls it will only partially refresh. So my screen becomes an incoherent jumble of text as different segments or lines decide to refresh at different times until a focus change occures and it displays properly. The strange thing is, it will actually refresh properly every couple seconds and then revert to the old jumbled mess of text within a millisecond of showing what it should show. This is effectively making using a terminal impossible, as I constantly have to be alt-tabbing or something to get it to properly refresh and display what it should. Everything else outside of X terminals seems to be operating correctly.

As for my system. I'm running a minimalistic arch install. No compositing manager, no login manager, basic openbox, just a simple install at the moment and nothing else. It only started recently. It isn't doing this all the time though.. On rare occasions, it will actually act exactly as it should until I shut down or reboot. I don't do anything different.. I suspect some update has caused this.

This is an Asus R1-E laptop I am running on, with an intel video chipset if that has any relevance. If there are any logs or config files that would help, I will gladly provide them. I am not sure where to start looking really, but for now I'll post a couple basic ones...

Xorg.log:

[    57.484] 
X.Org X Server 1.10.1
Release Date: 2011-04-15
[    57.484] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[    57.484] Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.38-ARCH i686 
[    57.484] Current Operating System: Linux omicron-laptop 2.6.38-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Mar 30 07:14:27 UTC 2011 i686
[    57.484] Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-label/ROOT ro
[    57.484] Build Date: 16 April 2011  12:05:35PM
[    57.484]  
[    57.486] Current version of pixman: 0.20.2
[    57.486]     Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
[    57.486] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    57.486] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Apr 17 20:56:10 2011
[    57.509] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    57.550] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[    57.550] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[    57.550] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[    57.550] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[    57.550] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
    Using a default monitor configuration.
[    57.550] (==) Automatically adding devices
[    57.550] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[    57.609] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[    57.609]     Entry deleted from font path.
[    57.637] (==) FontPath set to:
    /usr/share/fonts/misc/,
    /usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
    /usr/share/fonts/Type1/,
    /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/,
    /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/
[    57.637] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[    57.638] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
    If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[    57.638] (II) Loader magic: 0x81f4ee0
[    57.638] (II) Module ABI versions:
[    57.638]     X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[    57.638]     X.Org Video Driver: 10.0
[    57.638]     X.Org XInput driver : 12.2
[    57.638]     X.Org Server Extension : 5.0
[    57.639] (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:2a02:1043:14e2 rev 3, Mem @ 0xfdf00000/1048576, 0xd0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x0000cc00/8
[    57.639] (--) PCI: (0:0:2:1) 8086:2a03:1043:14e2 rev 3, Mem @ 0xfdd00000/1048576
[    57.639] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[    57.640] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
[    57.657] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
[    57.665] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    57.665]     compiled for 1.10.1, module version = 1.0.0
[    57.665]     Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[    57.665]     ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[    57.665] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[    57.666] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[    57.666] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
[    57.666] (II) Loading extension DPMS
[    57.666] (II) Loading extension XVideo
[    57.666] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[    57.666] (II) Loading extension X-Resource
[    57.666] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
[    57.666] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
[    57.679] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    57.679]     compiled for 1.10.1, module version = 1.0.0
[    57.679]     Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[    57.679]     ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[    57.680] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[    57.680] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    57.680] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[    57.696] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    57.696]     compiled for 1.10.1, module version = 1.0.0
[    57.696]     ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[    57.697] (==) AIGLX enabled
[    57.697] (II) Loading extension GLX
[    57.697] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[    57.697] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[    57.698] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    57.698]     compiled for 1.10.1, module version = 1.13.0
[    57.698]     Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[    57.698]     ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[    57.698] (II) Loading extension RECORD
[    57.698] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[    57.698] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
[    57.720] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    57.720]     compiled for 1.10.1, module version = 1.0.0
[    57.720]     ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[    57.720] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
[    57.721] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[    57.721] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[    57.722] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    57.722]     compiled for 1.10.1, module version = 1.2.0
[    57.722]     ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[    57.722] (II) Loading extension DRI2
[    57.722] (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 0
[    57.722] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 1
[    57.722] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 2
[    57.722] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[    57.722] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
[    57.729] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
[    57.754] (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    57.754]     compiled for 1.10.0.902, module version = 2.15.0
[    57.754]     Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    57.754]     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 10.0
[    57.754] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[    57.755] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[    57.760] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    57.760]     compiled for 1.10.0, module version = 2.3.0
[    57.760]     Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    57.760]     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 10.0
[    57.760] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[    57.761] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[    57.773] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    57.773]     compiled for 1.10.0, module version = 0.4.2
[    57.773]     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 10.0
[    57.773] (II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810,
    i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 854, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G,
    E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM, Pineview G,
    965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33, GM45,
    4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43, B43, Clarkdale, Arrandale,
    Sandybridge, Sandybridge, Sandybridge, Sandybridge, Sandybridge,
    Sandybridge, Sandybridge
[    57.774] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[    57.774] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[    57.774] (--) using VT number 7

[    57.783] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
[    57.783] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
[    57.783] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[    57.783] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[    57.783] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[    57.784] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[    57.807] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    57.807]     compiled for 1.10.1, module version = 0.0.2
[    57.807]     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 10.0
[    57.807] drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
[    57.807] drmOpenDevice: open result is 8, (OK)
[    57.807] drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:00:02.0
[    57.807] drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
[    57.807] drmOpenDevice: open result is 8, (OK)
[    57.807] drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 8
[    57.808] drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:00:02.0
[    57.808] (II) intel(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
    "Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[    57.808] (==) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[    57.808] (==) intel(0): RGB weight 888
[    57.808] (==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[    57.808] (II) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) 965GM
[    57.808] (--) intel(0): Chipset: "965GM"
[    57.808] (**) intel(0): Relaxed fencing enabled
[    57.808] (**) intel(0): Framebuffer tiled
[    57.808] (**) intel(0): Pixmaps tiled
[    57.808] (**) intel(0): 3D buffers tiled
[    57.808] (**) intel(0): SwapBuffers wait enabled
[    57.808] (==) intel(0): video overlay key set to 0x101fe
[    57.814] (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 has no monitor section
[    57.814] (II) intel(0): found backlight control interface /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0
[    57.836] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 has no monitor section
[    57.836] (II) intel(0): EDID for output LVDS1
[    57.836] (II) intel(0): Manufacturer: LCD  Model: 5540  Serial#: 909261108
[    57.836] (II) intel(0): Year: 2006  Week: 47
[    57.836] (II) intel(0): EDID Version: 1.3
[    57.836] (II) intel(0): Digital Display Input
[    57.836] (II) intel(0): Max Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 29  vert.: 18
[    57.836] (II) intel(0): Gamma: 2.20
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): No DPMS capabilities specified
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4 YCrCb 4:4:4 
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): redX: 0.613 redY: 0.333   greenX: 0.291 greenY: 0.552
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): blueX: 0.148 blueY: 0.126   whiteX: 0.303 whiteY: 0.332
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): Supported detailed timing:
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): clock: 83.5 MHz   Image Size:  287 x 180 mm
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): h_active: 1280  h_sync: 1352  h_sync_end 1480 h_blank_end 1680 h_border: 0
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): v_active: 800  v_sync: 803  v_sync_end 809 v_blanking: 831 v_border: 0
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): Unknown vendor-specific block f
[    57.837] (II) intel(0):  TMDISPLAY
[    57.837] (II) intel(0):  LTD133KX2S
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): EDID (in hex):
[    57.837] (II) intel(0):     00ffffffffffff003064405534393236
[    57.837] (II) intel(0):     2f100103801d12780a19189d554a8d26
[    57.837] (II) intel(0):     204d5500000001010101010101010101
[    57.837] (II) intel(0):     0101010101019e20009051201f304880
[    57.837] (II) intel(0):     36001fb4100000180000000f00000000
[    57.837] (II) intel(0):     00000000000000000000000000fe0054
[    57.837] (II) intel(0):     4d444953504c41590a202020000000fe
[    57.837] (II) intel(0):     004c54443133334b5832530a20200082
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 21824
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (doublescan mode not supported)
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (doublescan mode not supported)
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (doublescan mode not supported)
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (doublescan mode not supported)
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (doublescan mode not supported)
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (doublescan mode not supported)
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (doublescan mode not supported)
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (doublescan mode not supported)
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (doublescan mode not supported)
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (doublescan mode not supported)
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (doublescan mode not supported)
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (doublescan mode not supported)
[    57.837] (II) intel(0): Printing probed modes for output LVDS1
[    57.838] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x59.8   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[    57.838] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz)
[    57.838] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz)
[    57.838] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.2   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz)
[    57.838] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.9   25.18  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz)
[    57.856] (II) intel(0): EDID for output VGA1
[    57.856] (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 connected
[    57.856] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 disconnected
[    57.856] (II) intel(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes
[    57.856] (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 using initial mode 1280x800
[    57.856] (II) intel(0): Using default gamma of (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) unless otherwise stated.
[    57.856] (II) intel(0): Kernel page flipping support detected, enabling
[    57.856] (**) intel(0): Display dimensions: (290, 180) mm
[    57.856] (**) intel(0): DPI set to (112, 112)
[    57.856] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[    57.856] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[    57.857] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[    57.858] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    57.858]     compiled for 1.10.1, module version = 1.0.0
[    57.858]     ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[    57.858] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[    57.858] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[    57.858] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[    57.858] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    57.858]     compiled for 1.10.1, module version = 1.2.0
[    57.858]     ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[    57.858] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[    57.858] (II) Unloading vesa
[    57.859] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[    57.859] (II) Unloading fbdev
[    57.859] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdevhw"
[    57.859] (II) Unloading fbdevhw
[    57.859] (==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[    57.859] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[    57.859] (II) intel(0): [DRI2]   DRI driver: i965
[    57.859] (II) intel(0): Allocated new frame buffer 1280x800 stride 5120, tiled
[    57.900] (II) UXA(0): Driver registered support for the following operations:
[    57.900] (II)         solid
[    57.900] (II)         copy
[    57.900] (II)         composite (RENDER acceleration)
[    57.900] (II)         put_image
[    57.900] (II)         get_image
[    57.900] (==) intel(0): Backing store disabled
[    57.900] (==) intel(0): Silken mouse enabled
[    57.902] (II) intel(0): Initializing HW Cursor
[    57.923] (II) intel(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.
[    57.929] (==) intel(0): DPMS enabled
[    57.929] (==) intel(0): Intel XvMC decoder enabled
[    57.929] (II) intel(0): Set up textured video
[    57.929] (II) intel(0): Set up overlay video
[    57.929] (II) intel(0): [XvMC] i965_xvmc driver initialized.
[    57.929] (II) intel(0): direct rendering: DRI2 Enabled
[    57.929] (==) intel(0): hotplug detection: "enabled"
[    57.929] (--) RandR disabled
[    57.929] (II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
[    57.929] (II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
[    57.929] (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
[    57.929] (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
[    57.929] (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
[    57.929] (II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
[    57.929] (II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
[    57.930] (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
[    57.930] (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
[    57.930] (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
[    57.930] (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
[    57.930] (II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
[    57.930] (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
[    57.930] (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
[    57.930] (II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
[    57.930] (II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
[    58.131] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
[    58.131] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_INTEL_swap_event
[    58.131] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_swap_control and GLX_MESA_swap_control
[    58.131] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_make_current_read
[    58.131] (II) AIGLX: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap backed by buffer objects
[    58.131] (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/i965_dri.so
[    58.131] (II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0
[    58.132] (II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 338 x 211
[    58.622] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event3)
[    58.622] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    58.622] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
[    58.622] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[    58.633] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    58.633]     compiled for 1.10.0, module version = 2.6.0
[    58.633]     Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[    58.633]     ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 12.2
[    58.633] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[    58.633] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[    58.633] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[    58.633] (**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event3"
[    58.656] (--) Power Button: Found keys
[    58.656] (II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[    58.656] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input3/event3"
[    58.656] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
[    58.656] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    58.656] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[    58.656] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    58.703] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Video Bus (/dev/input/event9)
[    58.703] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    58.703] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Video Bus'
[    58.703] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[    58.703] (**) Video Bus: always reports core events
[    58.703] (**) Video Bus: Device: "/dev/input/event9"
[    58.710] (--) Video Bus: Found keys
[    58.710] (II) Video Bus: Configuring as keyboard
[    58.710] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input9/event9"
[    58.710] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD)
[    58.710] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    58.710] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[    58.710] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    58.836] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Lid Switch (/dev/input/event2)
[    58.836] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
[    58.836] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Sleep Button (/dev/input/event1)
[    58.836] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    58.836] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Sleep Button'
[    58.837] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[    58.837] (**) Sleep Button: always reports core events
[    58.837] (**) Sleep Button: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
[    58.850] (--) Sleep Button: Found keys
[    58.850] (II) Sleep Button: Configuring as keyboard
[    58.850] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input1/event1"
[    58.850] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Sleep Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
[    58.850] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    58.850] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[    58.850] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    58.856] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Wacom ISDv4 90 Pen (/dev/input/event8)
[    58.856] (**) Wacom ISDv4 90 Pen: Applying InputClass "evdev tablet catchall"
[    58.856] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Wacom ISDv4 90 Pen'
[    58.856] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[    58.856] (**) Wacom ISDv4 90 Pen: always reports core events
[    58.856] (**) Wacom ISDv4 90 Pen: Device: "/dev/input/event8"
[    58.880] (--) Wacom ISDv4 90 Pen: Found absolute axes
[    58.880] (--) Wacom ISDv4 90 Pen: Found x and y absolute axes
[    58.880] (--) Wacom ISDv4 90 Pen: Found absolute tablet.
[    58.880] (II) Wacom ISDv4 90 Pen: Configuring as tablet
[    58.880] (**) Wacom ISDv4 90 Pen: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[    58.880] (**) Wacom ISDv4 90 Pen: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[    58.880] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/input/input8/event8"
[    58.880] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Wacom ISDv4 90 Pen" (type: TABLET)
[    58.880] (II) Wacom ISDv4 90 Pen: initialized for absolute axes.
[    58.880] (**) Wacom ISDv4 90 Pen: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[    58.880] (**) Wacom ISDv4 90 Pen: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[    58.880] (**) Wacom ISDv4 90 Pen: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[    58.880] (**) Wacom ISDv4 90 Pen: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[    58.881] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Wacom ISDv4 90 Pen (/dev/input/mouse1)
[    58.881] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
[    58.883] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Digital PCBeep (/dev/input/event7)
[    58.883] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
[    58.896] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Asus Laptop extra buttons (/dev/input/event5)
[    58.896] (**) Asus Laptop extra buttons: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    58.896] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Asus Laptop extra buttons'
[    58.896] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[    58.896] (**) Asus Laptop extra buttons: always reports core events
[    58.896] (**) Asus Laptop extra buttons: Device: "/dev/input/event5"
[    58.920] (--) Asus Laptop extra buttons: Found keys
[    58.920] (II) Asus Laptop extra buttons: Configuring as keyboard
[    58.920] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/asus_laptop/input/input5/event5"
[    58.920] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Asus Laptop extra buttons" (type: KEYBOARD)
[    58.920] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    58.920] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[    58.920] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    58.921] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event0)
[    58.921] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    58.921] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'
[    58.921] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[    58.921] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
[    58.921] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
[    58.946] (--) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
[    58.946] (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
[    58.946] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0/event0"
[    58.946] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
[    58.946] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    58.946] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[    58.946] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    58.948] (II) config/udev: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/event6)
[    58.948] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "evdev touchpad catchall"
[    58.948] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "touchpad catchall"
[    58.948] (II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
[    58.948] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
[    58.970] (II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    58.970]     compiled for 1.10.0, module version = 1.4.0
[    58.971]     Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[    58.971]     ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 12.2
[    58.971] (II) Using input driver 'synaptics' for 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad'
[    58.971] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
[    58.971] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
[    58.971] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event6"
[    59.096] (--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: x-axis range 1472 - 5472
[    59.096] (--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: y-axis range 1408 - 4448
[    59.096] (--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: pressure range 0 - 255
[    59.096] (--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: finger width range 0 - 15
[    59.096] (--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: buttons: left right double triple
[    59.096] (**) Option "TapButton1" "1"
[    59.096] (**) Option "TapButton2" "2"
[    59.096] (**) Option "TapButton3" "3"
[    59.203] (--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
[    59.203] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
[    59.256] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input6/event6"
[    59.256] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" (type: TOUCHPAD)
[    59.256] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) MinSpeed is now constant deceleration 2.5
[    59.256] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: MaxSpeed is now 1.75
[    59.256] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: AccelFactor is now 0.040
[    59.257] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[    59.257] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration profile 1
[    59.257] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[    59.257] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[    59.336] (--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
[    59.337] (II) config/udev: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/mouse0)
[    59.337] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
[    59.337] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event4)
[    59.337] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
[ 53359.100] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse (/dev/input/event10)
[ 53359.100] (**) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[ 53359.100] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse'
[ 53359.100] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 53359.100] (**) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: always reports core events
[ 53359.100] (**) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event10"
[ 53359.118] (--) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: Found 12 mouse buttons
[ 53359.118] (--) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
[ 53359.118] (--) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: Found relative axes
[ 53359.118] (--) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
[ 53359.118] (II) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: Configuring as mouse
[ 53359.118] (II) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: Adding scrollwheel support
[ 53359.118] (**) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[ 53359.118] (**) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[ 53359.118] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb7/7-1/7-1:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:42/input10/event10"
[ 53359.118] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
[ 53359.118] (II) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
[ 53359.118] (**) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[ 53359.118] (**) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[ 53359.118] (**) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 53359.118] (**) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 53359.119] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse (/dev/input/mouse2)
[ 53359.119] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
[ 53394.829] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 21824
[ 53394.829] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 53394.829] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 53394.921] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 21824
[ 53394.921] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 53394.921] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 53394.943] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 21824
[ 53394.943] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 53394.944] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 56233.333] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 21824
[ 56233.334] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 56233.334] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 58026.321] (II) config/udev: removing device Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse
[ 58026.321] (II) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: Close
[ 58026.321] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 58026.321] (II) Unloading evdev
[ 62980.717] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse (/dev/input/mouse2)
[ 62980.718] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
[ 62980.718] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse (/dev/input/event10)
[ 62980.719] (**) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[ 62980.719] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse'
[ 62980.719] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 62980.719] (**) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: always reports core events
[ 62980.719] (**) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event10"
[ 62980.730] (--) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: Found 12 mouse buttons
[ 62980.730] (--) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
[ 62980.730] (--) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: Found relative axes
[ 62980.730] (--) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
[ 62980.730] (II) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: Configuring as mouse
[ 62980.730] (II) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: Adding scrollwheel support
[ 62980.730] (**) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[ 62980.730] (**) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[ 62980.730] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb7/7-1/7-1:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:42/input11/event10"
[ 62980.730] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
[ 62980.730] (II) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
[ 62980.730] (**) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[ 62980.730] (**) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[ 62980.730] (**) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 62980.731] (**) Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 62994.212] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 21824
[ 62994.212] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 62994.212] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 62994.244] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 21824
[ 62994.244] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 62994.244] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 62994.269] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 21824
[ 62994.269] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 62994.269] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 68649.646] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 21824
[ 68649.647] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 68649.647] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 69091.816] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 21824
[ 69091.816] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 69091.816] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 69091.850] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 21824
[ 69091.850] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 69091.850] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 69091.876] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 21824
[ 69091.876] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 69091.876] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 69741.014] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 21824
[ 69741.014] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 69741.014] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 69752.302] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 21824
[ 69752.302] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 69752.302] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 69752.331] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 21824
[ 69752.331] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 69752.331] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 69752.356] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 21824
[ 69752.356] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 69752.356] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 70475.557] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LCD", prod id 21824
[ 70475.557] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 70475.558] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)

.Xdefaults: (Note, I tried setting buffered to false, it didn't affect it at all. Plus that option only applies to urxvt, but the problem is not limited to it, so I don't think that buffer option is the issue..)

URxvt.buffered:    true
URxvt.background:    black
URxvt.foreground:    green
URxvt.cursorColor:    green
URxvt.underlineColor:    green
URxvt.perl-ext-common:    default,tabbed,matcher
URxvt.urlLauncher:    /usr/bin/firefox
URxvt.matcher.button:    1

Output of ps aux, so you can see what all is running. (Like I said, very minimal atm)

USER       PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
root         1  0.0  0.0   1760   556 ?        Ss   Apr17   0:01 init [3]  
root         2  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 [kthreadd]
root         3  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
root         6  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 [migration/0]
root         7  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 [watchdog/0]
root         8  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 [migration/1]
root        10  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 [ksoftirqd/1]
root        12  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 [watchdog/1]
root        13  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Apr17   0:00 [cpuset]
root        14  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Apr17   0:00 [khelper]
root        15  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Apr17   0:00 [netns]
root        16  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 [sync_supers]
root        17  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 [bdi-default]
root        18  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Apr17   0:00 [kblockd]
root        19  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Apr17   0:00 [kacpid]
root        20  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Apr17   0:00 [kacpi_notify]
root        21  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Apr17   0:00 [kacpi_hotplug]
root        23  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 [khungtaskd]
root        24  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:03 [kswapd0]
root        25  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        SN   Apr17   0:00 [ksmd]
root        26  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        SN   Apr17   0:06 [khugepaged]
root        27  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 [fsnotify_mark]
root        28  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Apr17   0:00 [aio]
root        29  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Apr17   0:00 [crypto]
root       448  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Apr17   0:00 [ata_sff]
root       449  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 [scsi_eh_0]
root       450  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 [scsi_eh_1]
root       453  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 [scsi_eh_2]
root       454  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 [scsi_eh_3]
root       455  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 [scsi_eh_4]
root       459  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 [scsi_eh_5]
root       486  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 [jbd2/sda1-8]
root       487  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Apr17   0:00 [ext4-dio-unwrit]
root       516  0.0  0.0   2216   884 ?        S<s  Apr17   0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon
root       771  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Apr17   0:00 [cfg80211]
root       792  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Apr17   0:00 [led_workqueue]
root       809  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 [khubd]
root       810  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Apr17   0:00 [kpsmoused]
root       826  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 [scsi_eh_6]
root       827  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 [scsi_eh_7]
root       849  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Apr17   0:00 [hd-audio0]
root       858  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Apr17   0:00 [iwlagn]
root       904  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 [scsi_eh_8]
root       905  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 [usb-storage]
root      1049  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Apr17   0:00 [hci0]
root      1060  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 [jbd2/sda3-8]
root      1061  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Apr17   0:00 [ext4-dio-unwrit]
root      1165  0.0  0.0   3500   360 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 supervising syslog-ng
root      1166  0.0  0.1   5980  2552 ?        Ss   Apr17   0:00 /usr/sbin/syslog-ng
root      1209  0.0  0.0   6720  1052 ?        Ss   Apr17   0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd
root      1223  0.0  0.0   1804   584 ?        Ss   Apr17   0:00 /usr/sbin/crond -S -l info
root      1226  0.0  0.0   2464  1172 tty1     Ss   Apr17   0:00 /bin/login --       
root      1227  0.0  0.0   1760   540 tty2     Ss+  Apr17   0:00 /sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty2 linux
root      1228  0.0  0.0   1760   544 tty3     Ss+  Apr17   0:00 /sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty3 linux
root      1229  0.0  0.0   1760   548 tty4     Ss+  Apr17   0:00 /sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty4 linux
root      1230  0.0  0.0   1760   544 tty5     Ss+  Apr17   0:00 /sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty5 linux
root      1231  0.0  0.0   1760   544 tty6     Ss+  Apr17   0:00 /sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty6 linux
torvan    1235  0.0  0.0   4860  1796 tty1     S    Apr17   0:00 -bash
torvan    1241  0.0  0.0   4808  1436 tty1     S+   Apr17   0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/startx
torvan    1258  0.0  0.0   3028   680 tty1     S+   Apr17   0:00 xinit /home/torvan/.xinitrc -- /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc :0 -auth /tmp/serverauth.xUFS45hFRP
root      1259  0.7  1.0  47256 20604 tty7     S<s+ Apr17   9:32 /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp :0 -auth /tmp/serverauth.xUFS45hFRP
torvan    1263  0.0  0.3  13660  6968 tty1     S    Apr17   0:05 /usr/bin/openbox
torvan    1264  0.0  0.0   3560   404 ?        Ss   Apr17   0:00 ssh-agent openbox-session
root      1358  0.0  0.0   1948   316 ?        Ss   Apr17   0:00 /sbin/dhcpcd -q usb0
root      1361  0.0  0.0   4724  1352 ?        Ss   Apr17   0:00 SCREEN -A -d -m -S irc irssi
torvan    1363  0.0  0.2  10968  5952 pts/2    Ss+  Apr17   0:07 irssi
torvan    1378  0.9  8.7 450228 180260 tty1    Sl   Apr17  11:40 firefox
torvan    1389  0.0  0.0   3180   500 tty1     S    Apr17   0:00 dbus-launch --autolaunch=8ac22e33cac6fb42901ffef30000027d --binary-syntax --close-stderr
torvan    1390  0.0  0.0   2376   824 ?        Ss   Apr17   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
torvan    1393  0.0  0.1   7180  2416 ?        S    Apr17   0:00 /usr/lib/GConf/gconfd-2
root      2205  0.0  0.0   2212   920 ?        S<   Apr17   0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon
root      2273  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:01 [kworker/1:1]
root      2274  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:01 [kworker/0:1]
root      2412  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Apr17   0:01 [kworker/1:2]
root      2579  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   11:43   0:00 [l2cap]
root      2719  0.1  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   14:24   0:18 [khidpd_046db008]
root      2724  0.0  0.0   2212   904 ?        S<   14:24   0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon
root      2833  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    15:30   0:00 [flush-8:0]
root      2961  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    15:59   0:00 [kworker/0:2]
root      3411  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    16:43   0:00 [kworker/u:1]
torvan    3493  0.0  0.5  19176 11132 tty1     S    17:08   0:01 urxvt
torvan    3495  0.0  0.0   4852  1776 pts/0    Ss   17:08   0:00 bash
root      3496  0.0  0.0   4008   936 pts/0    S    17:08   0:00 su -
root      3497  0.0  0.0   4964  1892 pts/0    S    17:08   0:00 -bash
torvan    3501  0.0  0.0   4956  1864 pts/1    Ss+  17:08   0:00 bash
torvan    3509  0.0  0.9  98716 20100 tty1     Sl   17:12   0:00 /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/plugin-container /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so -grebase /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0 -appbase /usr/lib/firefox-4.0
root      3520  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    17:20   0:00 [kworker/u:0]
root      3647  0.0  0.0   4108  1036 pts/0    R+   17:53   0:00 ps aux

I really am not sure what's going on.. but any help would be greatly appreciated. Any further details I can provide that might help I will provide.

karol

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Re: Issue with X Terminals refreshing

Similar things happen when my old Intel integrated GPU hangs. Does it happens all the time, every time you boot?

millson249

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Re: Issue with X Terminals refreshing

It doesn't really happen at boot. It's just X based terminal emulators it seems. It happens most of the time on any X terminal emulator, but not all the time. It will start working as it should on occasion (after doing it for a while), and keep refreshing correctly until the terminal is killed or something and a new instance is started. Every other GPU related function works fine though. It has no issues with video playback or 3D rendering or anything. It's just the X terminal emulators it seems.

Edit: Perhaps "refresh" is not the correct term? I don't know. I basically mean to say it will scroll/display text correctly.

Last edited by millson249 (2011-04-19 15:42:52)

elzurk

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Registered: 2008-12-05

Posts: 5

Re: Issue with X Terminals refreshing

I seem to be having the same problem. I'm using a lenovo R61 here. Doing a simple ping will trigger the issue. Seems to be doing it in any terminal emulator I've tried. No other visible problems other than that.

d33n

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Registered: 2010-12-06

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Re: Issue with X Terminals refreshing

I have the same problem, still didn't figured out why this happens.

millson249

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Posts: 10

Re: Issue with X Terminals refreshing

Yes I cannot seem to find any answers still too... I have determined that CTRL+L is a much better alternative to alt-tabbing or changing terminal tabs, but it likes to clear my screen when I want to see the output of a command instead of just refreshing the screen as-is. But still, it's incredibly tedious having to CTRL-L after every command or every couple seconds when watching something that's supposed to be auto-updating (irssi, top or htop, etc).

On another note, I've noticed that when I have mplayer running in an "Always on top" mode, if the terminal does not refresh completely it -does- refresh the part of the terminal that's parallel with my mplayer window. I can also drag my mplayer window down and it will refresh, pixel by pixel, the terminal window. So it seems as if it is something X graphics related..

Also, I have ruled out openbox causing the problem as well by setting my .xinitrc to simply "exec urxvt", issuing the startx command, and having nothing but urxvt running on X. It still does it even then.

d33n, elzurk, what graphics chipsets are you two using? Is this an intel chipset issue?

d33n

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Registered: 2010-12-06

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Re: Issue with X Terminals refreshing

I am using an Intel 945 GM chipset with integrated graphics.

bluepumpkin

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Posts: 58

Re: Issue with X Terminals refreshing

I can confirm this issue with the Intel GM965 chipset. The problem goes away when using an older kernel (I'm using 2.6.36) or when using xcompmgr.

zippy

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Registered: 2009-02-01

Posts: 54

Re: Issue with X Terminals refreshing

I also am getting this, and hard lockups as well when trying to shut down. Same type minimal setup, openbox + gm965

Apr 25 00:16:34 localhost kernel: [111480.442242] INFO: task khugepaged:26 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
Apr 25 00:16:34 localhost kernel: [111480.442245] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
Apr 25 00:16:34 localhost kernel: [111480.442248] khugepaged      D f47dbecc     0    26      2 0x00000000
Apr 25 00:16:34 localhost kernel: [111480.442253]  f47dbedc 00000046 00000002 f47dbecc 2d5f5bee 00006531 c106494d 01fbf17b
Apr 25 00:16:34 localhost kernel: [111480.442260]  2d8fe227 00006531 010648b0 f58020a0 f58020a0 f5806380 c14c0380 f44f5590
Apr 25 00:16:34 localhost kernel: [111480.442267]  f44f5754 2d5f9dd5 00006531 c14c0380 f5806380 f44f5590 f0c85140 f47dbee8
Apr 25 00:16:34 localhost kernel: [111480.442273] Call Trace:
Apr 25 00:16:34 localhost kernel: [111480.442283]  [<c106494d>] ? __run_hrtimer+0x7d/0x250
Apr 25 00:16:34 localhost kernel: [111480.442297]  [<c10ff328>] ? __mem_cgroup_try_charge+0x2d8/0x4e0
Apr 25 00:16:34 localhost kernel: [111480.442301]  [<c10fd068>] ? memcg_check_events+0x28/0x160
Apr 25 00:16:34 localhost kernel: [111480.442307]  [<c1319b35>] rwsem_down_failed_common+0x95/0xe0
Apr 25 00:16:34 localhost kernel: [111480.442311]  [<c1319b92>] rwsem_down_write_failed+0x12/0x20
Apr 25 00:16:34 localhost kernel: [111480.442315]  [<c1319bfa>] call_rwsem_down_write_failed+0x6/0x8
Apr 25 00:16:34 localhost kernel: [111480.442318]  [<c13193a5>] ? down_write+0x15/0x17
Apr 25 00:16:34 localhost kernel: [111480.442321]  [<c10f8d37>] khugepaged+0x6c7/0xdd0
Apr 25 00:16:34 localhost kernel: [111480.442326]  [<c1061230>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40
Apr 25 00:16:34 localhost kernel: [111480.442329]  [<c10f8670>] ? khugepaged+0x0/0xdd0
Apr 25 00:16:34 localhost kernel: [111480.442332]  [<c1060b98>] kthread+0x68/0x70
Apr 25 00:16:34 localhost kernel: [111480.442335]  [<c1060b30>] ? kthread+0x0/0x70
Apr 25 00:16:34 localhost kernel: [111480.442339]  [<c1003d7e>] kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0x18

millson249

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Registered: 2007-08-19

Posts: 10

Re: Issue with X Terminals refreshing

I'm not entirely positive, but I just updated my kernel to 2.6.38.4 and upon rebooting it doesn't appear to be doing it anymore.. Perhaps it's just one of those random times it actually works.. If it doesn't happen again though, I guess the kernel update fixed it.

elzurk

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Re: Issue with X Terminals refreshing

The problem does not seem to be with the window manager or with the terminal. Trying it with bare bones X, with multiple terminals seems to have the same effect. Looks like pacman wants to update my kernel. Let's see if that fixes the problem.

elzurk

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Re: Issue with X Terminals refreshing

The issue does not seem to be happening after upgrading to the 2.6.38.4-1 kernel.

millson249

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Posts: 10

Re: Issue with X Terminals refreshing

Well, nevermind...  It is still doing it it seems

Edit: Aye, I too concluded it had nothing to do with the window manager. I also ran barebones X w/ X Terminals of different sorts. From what bluepumpkin was saying, it sounds like double buffering (xcompmgr) may actually help it. But still, I would like to not have to rely on that in case I don't want to use a compositing manager..

Last edited by millson249 (2011-04-26 19:16:15)

bluepumpkin

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Posts: 58

Re: Issue with X Terminals refreshing

2.6.38.4 does not fix it for me either.

nkoehring

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Registered: 2011-05-03

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Re: Issue with X Terminals refreshing

My flat mate shares your problem. The key value here seems to be the intel driver with GM945/GM965 notebook chips. But he has discovered one additional point: Contrary to the refreshing problems with XTerm, ATerm and URxvt (and DwarfFortress / SDL, btw) he does not have them with Tilda!

So maybe one or another with this problem can avoid the problem by using Tilda but this didn't fix it.

nkoehring

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Re: Issue with X Terminals refreshing

Oh and btw: My laptop is equipped with an Intel Mobile 4 Series Chipset which shares the same driver but not the refreshing issue.

sorgin

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Registered: 2011-05-05

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Re: Issue with X Terminals refreshing

I also had the same problem with the intel GM945/GM965 chip.

I believe I fixed the it by installing a VTE based terminal after reading nkoehring's first comment.

Playing around a bit I found that lilyterm is a great candidate.

sillern

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Registered: 2011-05-19

Posts: 1

Re: Issue with X Terminals refreshing

I have the same issue, after typing in a terminal for a few seconds, it stops updating the display, although it still accepts input.
As soon as I switch focus, it refreshes.
I also see it when playing flash-videos, it stops refreshing after a few seconds.

It stops happening if I revert to an older kernel.

Any suggestions how to proceed? To just use another terminal emulator isn't really a solution.

I'm running this kernel now. 
$ uname -srv
Linux 2.6.39-rc7 #7 SMP Tue May 10 19:00:18 CEST 2011

$ sudo lspci -v | grep -i vga
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

I found an interesting commit in the i915driver, could it be related?

commit 78c6e170badd22c86a5b50a7eb038a02024b8f03
Author: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
Date:   Mon Jan 31 10:48:04 2011 +0000

    drm/i915: Suppress spurious vblank interrupts
   
    Hugh Dickins found that characters in xterm were going missing and oft
    delayed. Being the curious type, he managed to associate this with the
    new high-precision vblank patches; disabling these he found, restored
    the orderliness of his characters.
   
    The oddness begins when one realised that Hugh was not using vblanks at
    all on his system (fvwm and some xterms). Instead, all he had to go on
    were warning of a pipe underrun, curiously enough at around 60Hz. He
    poked and found that in addition to the underrun warning, the hardware
    was flagging the start of a new frame, a vblank, which in turn was
    kicking off the pending vblank processing code.
   
    There is little we can do for the underruns on Hugh's machine, a
    Crestline [965GM], which must have its FIFO watermarks set to 8.
    However, we do not need to process the vblank if we know that they are
    disabled...
   
    Reported-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
    Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>

Last edited by sillern (2011-05-19 07:48:20)

davidb64

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Re: Issue with X Terminals refreshing

I have the same issue, after typing in a terminal for a few seconds, it stops updating the display, although it still accepts input.
As soon as I switch focus, it refreshes.
I also see it when playing flash-videos, it stops refreshing after a few seconds. [...]

Same here. Also the flash-video problem.

I've got the Intel Chip too...

Sometimes it works, sometimes not...

Now... what to do?

greets
David

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Re: Issue with X Terminals refreshing

[face palm]Sorry for sending in the wrong thread while looking for the answer. Delete it, please, if possible.[/face palm]

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Jonhoo

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Re: Issue with X Terminals refreshing

Just for reference, this seems to be the same issue as reported in this thread: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=118648
Also, this is not an Intel-only issue, as I am having it with an nVidia NVS 160M

froli

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Re: Issue with X Terminals refreshing

Same problem here. I don't have an Intel card, I have nvidia GTS 450

I hope someone can find a fix for this... It's really annoying...

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putridmelon

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Re: Issue with X Terminals refreshing

And same here, kernel 2.6.38-7, GM965/GL960 chipset.
Is anything happening anywhere to get this fixed?

sella

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Registered: 2011-06-27

Posts: 1

Re: Issue with X Terminals refreshing

I have the same problem here... and it appears that the problem only limited to terminal

kernel 2.6.39.2
aterm 1.0.1
fluxbox 1.3.1
xorg-server 1.10.2
xf86-video-intel 2.15.0
libdrm 2.4.25
glibc 2.11.2

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)

Last edited by sella (2011-06-27 10:48:46)

DerGuteMoritz

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Re: Issue with X Terminals refreshing

At last, people who are having the same issue! Given that none of us could find anything related on the net, might it be an Arch thing? I have also tried the xf68-video-intel-git package from AUR at various times in the last few weeks and in fact built it again just now but the problem still persists. I also tried enabling the new SNA but it didn't change anything either. Thanks for the hint regarding lilyterm, I'll try that. Unfortunately it also affects Emacs for me although it seems to be better with today's driver build. I'll report back if I find anything and am looking forward to anything you might discover.

My device is this:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) (rev 0c)