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GlockX

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Registered: 2012-06-22

Posts: 9

LTS Kernel makes text on Gnome Shell to look bad

I'm using the latest LTS Kernel: 3.0.67, problem started with the previous one (probably 3.0.66).
Take a look at this screenshot to see what I mean, zoom in if you need to:
http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/9430 … 303082.png

The reason why I'm using LTS Kernel is this:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=143796

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

mich41

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Registered: 2012-06-22

Posts: 796

Re: LTS Kernel makes text on Gnome Shell to look bad

Are you sure you didn't update anything else at the same time?

You may have some old linux-lts packages in /var/cache/pacman/pkg. Or you can compile some old version you think will work, it won't be hard if you reuse config from /proc/config.gz as described in wiki.

Last edited by mich41 (2013-03-09 00:09:55)

GlockX

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Registered: 2012-06-22

Posts: 9

Re: LTS Kernel makes text on Gnome Shell to look bad

thanx for your reply !
Well, I did a system wide update (yaourt -Syua) like I always do.
I took your advice and downgraded to 3.0.64 (kernel and kernel headers), this kernel was working fine back then but now using It doesnt solve the issue.
btw, there's no problem with the 3.7.10 kernel, except I have to reboot my system every 31 hours to get the network card back to work.

kellerman

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From: Latvia

Registered: 2011-07-20

Posts: 110

Re: LTS Kernel makes text on Gnome Shell to look bad

Have you tried compat-drivers-patched for that kernel driver issue? Have you also tried installing freetype2-infinality for fonts?

Last edited by kellerman (2013-03-09 16:03:39)

adua

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Registered: 2013-04-18

Posts: 3

Re: LTS Kernel makes text on Gnome Shell to look bad

Same issue here. Thinkpad x220, linux-lts, with Intel graphics

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)

The infinality solution didn't work either. Anyone else?

adua

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Registered: 2013-04-18

Posts: 3

Re: LTS Kernel makes text on Gnome Shell to look bad

OK downgrading the kernel and enabling sna solved the issue for me. I used the 'downgrade' tool to install the following kernel:

Linux tp 3.4.3-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jun 18 08:28:29 CEST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Then I added a section in my xorg configuration /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf:

Section "Device"
   Identifier "Intel Graphics"
   Driver "intel"
#   Option "NoAccel" "True"
#   Option "DRI" "False"
#   Option "TearFree" "true"
   Option "AccelMethod" "sna"
#   Option "DebugWait" "True"
EndSection

Hope this helps others. Even my wireless network issues have abated (to my surprise).

adua

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Registered: 2013-04-18

Posts: 3

Re: LTS Kernel makes text on Gnome Shell to look bad

Forgot to mention, this does create a new bug: turning on the machine with a dual monitor setup will screw up the image on one screen. The workaround is to start a single monitor and then connect the new one, or just reset the display configuration.