[SOLVED] Freezing and flickering Xorg and/or GTK applications

nrs · 2016-05-16 16:40:20

I have recently updated a bunch of programs, and now I have an issue with most of my applications, including terminal emulators that depend on GTK, soffice, emacs, etc. If it helps, Chromium is not affected.

The problem is that the image of the programs freeze/flicker frequently. For example, when I am typing in the terminal, I don't see that I am typing, even though it is being registered. When I press enter, or clean the terminal I can see the result. Gnome-terminal and terminator are affected. Urxvt is a bit weird when I start it up, but then it goes normal. xterm has no problems.

With other applications, I get artifacts from the previous window that was on the screen, when I switch.

I think that it is a GTK problem. Below is a list of packages that I upgraded. What do you think?

For reference, I am using Lenovo Thinkpad T540 with Intel graphics card.

[2016-05-15 14:36] [ALPM] upgraded glibc (2.23-2 -> 2.23-4)
[2016-05-15 14:36] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-glibc (2.23-2 -> 2.23-4)
[2016-05-15 14:36] [ALPM] upgraded glib2 (2.48.0-2 -> 2.48.1-1)
[2016-05-15 14:36] [ALPM] upgraded xproto (7.0.28-1 -> 7.0.29-1)
[2016-05-15 14:36] [ALPM] upgraded gtk-update-icon-cache (3.20.3-4 -> 3.20.4-2)
[2016-05-15 14:36] [ALPM] upgraded llvm-libs (3.7.1-1 -> 3.8.0-1)
[2016-05-15 14:36] [ALPM] upgraded libseccomp (2.2.3-1 -> 2.3.1-1)
[2016-05-15 14:36] [ALPM] upgraded mesa (11.2.1-1 -> 11.2.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:36] [ALPM] upgraded mesa-libgl (11.2.1-1 -> 11.2.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:37] [ALPM] upgraded adwaita-icon-theme (3.20-1 -> 3.20-2)
[2016-05-15 14:37] [ALPM] upgraded ca-certificates-utils (20150402-1 -> 20160507-1)
[2016-05-15 14:37] [ALPM] upgraded ca-certificates-mozilla (3.23-3 -> 3.23-4)
[2016-05-15 14:37] [ALPM] upgraded ca-certificates-cacert (20140824-2 -> 20140824-3)
[2016-05-15 14:37] [ALPM] upgraded ca-certificates (20150402-1 -> 20160507-1)
[2016-05-15 14:37] [ALPM] upgraded glib-networking (2.48.1-1 -> 2.48.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:37] [ALPM] upgraded rest (0.7.93-1 -> 0.8.0-1)
[2016-05-15 14:37] [ALPM] upgraded gtk3 (3.20.3-4 -> 3.20.4-2)
[2016-05-15 14:37] [ALPM] upgraded aisleriot (3.20.1-1 -> 3.20.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:37] [ALPM] upgraded libinput (1.2.4-1 -> 1.3.0-1)
[2016-05-15 14:37] [ALPM] upgraded analitza (16.04.0-1 -> 16.04.1-1)
[2016-05-15 14:37] [ALPM] upgraded linux (4.5.2-1 -> 4.5.4-1)
[2016-05-15 14:37] [ALPM] upgraded bbswitch (0.8-47 -> 0.8-49)
[2016-05-15 14:37] [ALPM] upgraded bc (1.06.95-1 -> 1.06.95-2)
[2016-05-15 14:37] [ALPM] upgraded nss (3.23-3 -> 3.23-4)
[2016-05-15 14:37] [ALPM] upgraded libgweather (3.20.0-1 -> 3.20.1-1)
[2016-05-15 14:37] [ALPM] upgraded libnm-glib (1.2.0-3 -> 1.2.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:37] [ALPM] upgraded boost-libs (1.60.0-4 -> 1.60.0-5)
[2016-05-15 14:37] [ALPM] upgraded evolution-data-server (3.20.1-2 -> 3.20.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:37] [ALPM] upgraded networkmanager (1.2.0-3 -> 1.2.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:37] [ALPM] upgraded libksba (1.3.3-1 -> 1.3.4-1)
[2016-05-15 14:37] [ALPM] upgraded gnupg (2.1.12-1 -> 2.1.12-2)
[2016-05-15 14:37] [ALPM] upgraded bijiben (3.20.0-1 -> 3.20.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded boost (1.60.0-4 -> 1.60.0-5)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded kdelibs (4.14.19-2 -> 4.14.20-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded breeze-kde4 (5.6.3-1 -> 5.6.4-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded gnome-desktop (1:3.20.1-1 -> 1:3.20.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded fftw (3.3.4-1 -> 3.3.4-2)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded cheese (3.20.1-1 -> 3.20.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded chromium (50.0.2661.94-1 -> 50.0.2661.102-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded clang (3.7.1-1 -> 3.8.0-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded cvs (1.11.23-10 -> 1.11.23-11)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded deepin-screenshot (3.1.7-2 -> 3.1.8-2)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded dosfstools (3.0.28-1 -> 4.0-2)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded empathy (3.12.11-1 -> 3.12.12-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded eog (3.20.1-1 -> 3.20.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded epiphany (3.20.1-2 -> 3.20.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded evolution (3.20.1-1 -> 3.20.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded file-roller (3.20.1-1 -> 3.20.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded libfilezilla (0.5.0-1 -> 0.5.1-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded filezilla (3.17.0-2 -> 3.17.0.1-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded flashplugin (11.2.202.616-2 -> 11.2.202.621-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded python2-pyparsing (2.1.1-1 -> 2.1.4-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded freecad (0.16-2 -> 0.16-3)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded galculator-gtk2 (2.1.4-1 -> 2.1.4-2)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded gnome-devel-docs (3.20.1-1 -> 3.20.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded gnome-font-viewer (3.20.0-1 -> 3.20.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded gnome-icon-theme-symbolic (3.12.0-3 -> 3.12.0-4)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded gnome-icon-theme-extras (3.12.0-2 -> 3.12.0-3)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded gvfs (1.28.1-1 -> 1.28.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded gnome-music (3.20.0-1 -> 3.20.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded gnome-nibbles (3.20.1-1 -> 3.20.2.1-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded gnome-sound-recorder (3.19.92-1 -> 3.20.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded vte-common (0.44.1-1 -> 0.44.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded vte3 (0.44.1-1 -> 0.44.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded gnome-terminal (3.20.1-1 -> 3.20.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:38] [ALPM] upgraded gnome-user-docs (3.20.1-1 -> 3.20.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:39] [ALPM] upgraded gnome-weather (3.20.0-1 -> 3.20.1-1)
[2016-05-15 14:39] [ALPM] upgraded gnu-netcat (0.7.1-5 -> 0.7.1-6)
[2016-05-15 14:39] [ALPM] upgraded gnuplot (5.0.3-1 -> 5.0.3-2)
[2016-05-15 14:40] [ALPM] upgraded goldendict (1.5.0RC-3 -> 1.5.0RC2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:40] [ALPM] upgraded gpgmepp (16.04.0-1 -> 16.04.1-1)
[2016-05-15 14:40] [ALPM] upgraded gsl (2.1-1 -> 2.1-2)
[2016-05-15 14:40] [ALPM] upgraded gssproxy (0.4.1-1 -> 0.5.0-3)
[2016-05-15 14:40] [ALPM] upgraded hwloc (1.11.3-1 -> 1.11.3-2)
[2016-05-15 14:40] [ALPM] upgraded iagno (3.20.1-1 -> 3.20.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:40] [ALPM] upgraded icedtea-web (1.6.2-1 -> 1.6.2-2)
[2016-05-15 14:40] [ALPM] upgraded kdebase-lib (16.04.0-2 -> 16.04.1-1)
[2016-05-15 14:40] [ALPM] upgraded kdecoration (5.6.3-1 -> 5.6.4-1)
[2016-05-15 14:40] [ALPM] upgraded kdeedu-data (16.04.0-2 -> 16.04.1-1)
[2016-05-15 14:40] [ALPM] upgraded kqtquickcharts (16.04.0-1 -> 16.04.1-1)
[2016-05-15 14:40] [ALPM] upgraded kwayland (5.6.3-1 -> 5.6.4-1)
[2016-05-15 14:40] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-llvm-libs (3.7.1-1 -> 3.8.0-1)
[2016-05-15 14:40] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-mesa (11.2.1-1 -> 11.2.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:40] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-mesa-libgl (11.2.1-1 -> 11.2.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:40] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-mesa-vdpau (11.2.1-1 -> 11.2.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:40] [ALPM] upgraded libiscsi (1.13.0-1 -> 1.17.0-2)
[2016-05-15 14:40] [ALPM] upgraded libkcddb (16.04.0-1 -> 16.04.1-1)
[2016-05-15 14:40] [ALPM] upgraded libkcompactdisc (16.04.0-1 -> 16.04.1-1)
[2016-05-15 14:40] [ALPM] upgraded libkscreen (5.6.3-1 -> 5.6.4-1)
[2016-05-15 14:41] [ALPM] upgraded libreoffice-fresh (5.1.2-1 -> 5.1.3-1)
[2016-05-15 14:41] [ALPM] upgraded libreoffice-fresh-tr (5.1.2-1 -> 5.1.3-1)
[2016-05-15 14:41] [ALPM] upgraded libva-mesa-driver (11.2.1-1 -> 11.2.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:41] [ALPM] upgraded linux-docs (4.5.2-1 -> 4.5.4-1)
[2016-05-15 14:41] [ALPM] upgraded linux-headers (4.5.2-1 -> 4.5.4-1)
[2016-05-15 14:41] [ALPM] upgraded linux-lts (4.4.9-1 -> 4.4.10-1)
[2016-05-15 14:41] [ALPM] upgraded linux-lts-headers (4.4.9-1 -> 4.4.10-1)
[2016-05-15 14:41] [ALPM] upgraded llvm (3.7.1-1 -> 3.8.0-1)
[2016-05-15 14:42] [ALPM] upgraded lyx (2.1.4-3 -> 2.1.4-5)
[2016-05-15 14:42] [ALPM] upgraded man-pages (4.05-1 -> 4.06-1)
[2016-05-15 14:42] [ALPM] upgraded mc (4.8.16-2 -> 4.8.17-1)
[2016-05-15 14:42] [ALPM] upgraded mingw-w64-gcc (5.3.0-1 -> 6.1.1-1)
[2016-05-15 14:42] [ALPM] upgraded mutter (3.20.1-1 -> 3.20.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:42] [ALPM] upgraded nm-connection-editor (1.2.0-1 -> 1.2.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:42] [ALPM] upgraded network-manager-applet (1.2.0-1 -> 1.2.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:42] [ALPM] upgraded networkmanager-openvpn (1.2.0-1 -> 1.2.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:42] [ALPM] upgraded npm (3.8.9-1 -> 3.9.0-1)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded octave (4.0.1-4 -> 4.0.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded oniguruma (5.9.6-1 -> 6.0.0-1)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded openimageio (1.6.12-1 -> 1.6.13-1)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded openscad (2015.03.03-2 -> 2015.03.03-3)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded openshadinglanguage (1.7.2-1 -> 1.7.2-2)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded p7zip (9.38.1-4 -> 15.14.1-1)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded pacman-mirrorlist (20160504-1 -> 20160512-1)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded pdfsam (3.0.2-2 -> 3.0.3-1)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded perl-canary-stability (2011-1 -> 2011-2)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded plotutils (2.6-7 -> 2.6-8)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded polari (3.20.1-1 -> 3.20.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded python-atspi (2.20.1-1 -> 2.20.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded python-pyparsing (2.1.1-1 -> 2.1.4-1)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded python-django (1.9.5-1 -> 1.9.6-1)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded python-pip (8.1.1-1 -> 8.1.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded python-scipy (0.17.0-1 -> 0.17.1-1)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded python2-apsw (3.11.0-1 -> 3.12.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded python2-atspi (2.20.1-1 -> 2.20.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded python2-cherrypy (5.1.0-1 -> 5.4.0-1)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded python2-django (1.9.5-1 -> 1.9.6-1)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded python2-pip (8.1.1-1 -> 8.1.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded python2-scipy (0.17.0-1 -> 0.17.1-1)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded python2-werkzeug (0.11.4-1 -> 0.11.9-1)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded qjackctl (0.4.1-2 -> 0.4.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded source-highlight (3.1.8-7 -> 3.1.8-8)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded syncthing (0.12.23-1 -> 0.12.24-1)
[2016-05-15 14:43] [ALPM] upgraded terminator (0.98-1 -> 0.98-2)
[2016-05-15 14:44] [ALPM] upgraded uncrustify (0.62-1 -> 0.63-1)
[2016-05-15 14:44] [ALPM] upgraded vinagre (3.20.1-1 -> 3.20.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:44] [ALPM] upgraded vino (3.20.1-1 -> 3.20.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:44] [ALPM] upgraded wxmaxima (16.04.0-1 -> 16.04.2-1)
[2016-05-15 14:44] [ALPM] upgraded xcb-util-cursor (0.1.2-1 -> 0.1.3-1)
[2016-05-15 14:44] [ALPM] upgraded xf86-video-intel (1:2.99.917+641+ge4ef6e9-1 -> 1:2.99.917+645+g88733a7-1)
[2016-05-15 14:44] [ALPM] upgraded xfsprogs (4.3.0-1 -> 4.5.0-1)
[2016-05-15 14:44] [ALPM] upgraded yapf (0.7.1-1 -> 0.8.0-1)
[2016-05-15 18:51] [ALPM] upgraded geany (1.27-1 -> 1.27-2)
[2016-05-15 18:51] [ALPM] upgraded geocode-glib (3.20.1-1 -> 3.20.1-2)
[2016-05-15 18:51] [ALPM] upgraded gnome-themes-standard (3.20-1 -> 3.20.2-1)

Last edited by nrs (2016-05-17 15:16:26)

nrs · 2016-05-17 15:17:47

I had a driver problem, related to Intel. The exact one which is described in this post: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=199346

Changing the acceleration method from sna to uxa is a quick fix.

Arch Linux

#1 2016-05-16 16:40:20

[SOLVED] Freezing and flickering Xorg and/or GTK applications

#2 2016-05-17 15:17:47

Re: [SOLVED] Freezing and flickering Xorg and/or GTK applications

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