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CarlEitsger

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Registered: 2014-04-06

Posts: 19

[upstr] textdisplay problems after update to xf86-video-intel-2.99.911

Hardware: Intel 855GM integrated graphics. Driver: xf86-video-intel

Versions

* xf86-video-intel-2.99.911-1-i686
* xf86-video-intel-2.99.911-2-i686 (current)

produce display errors on http://www.faz.net/ in Firefox (using a fresh profile results in same error) under KDE4, TWM, openbox and LXDE. See article text screenshot http://i.imgur.com/xV4sxni.png. Missing text lines, in the headlines on hover, in the main text after load but more severe after scrolling a bit. Everything else displays fine (images, firefox' GUI).

The error does also occur under another user account (with nearly standard settings) in KDE4 (same computer). All packages up to date.

NO errors with xf86-video-intel-2.99.910-1-i686 (to which I have downgraded now). With this and the older versions I had no such problems since months.

NO errors in other programs like Chromium or Konqueror (but did not test that much, Firefox is what I use often).

Note that SNA cannot be a issue since my hardware is older and it worked after the given (in the wiki) date.

Should I report this as a bug against this package? Does anyone have any tips or even being able to reproduce? Thank you all!

(Edit 1 and 2: error also happens under openbox, not sure why I did not see it during the first try.)

Last edited by CarlEitsger (2014-04-10 19:35:26)

AndyRTR

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From: Magdeburg/Germany

Registered: 2005-10-07

Posts: 1,642

Re: [upstr] textdisplay problems after update to xf86-video-intel-2.99.911

We already had such a report: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/39747 - if it's not solved check for further upstream fixes / look for known upstream reports / get in touch with upstrea, devs.

CarlEitsger

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Registered: 2014-04-06

Posts: 19

Re: [upstr] textdisplay problems after update to xf86-video-intel-2.99.911

Thanks, Andy. Yes I tried with the -2 version, it has the same problem.

I did not find any previous upstream reports matching this problem. I also did not find any other mentions of this problem anywhere else.  Okay I will try to report it there upstream in the next few days.

CarlEitsger

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Registered: 2014-04-06

Posts: 19

Re: [upstr] textdisplay problems after update to xf86-video-intel-2.99.911

I have reported it upstream: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77201