Fedora/Gnome3 : Display Problem on my hardware.

[Frederic Muller]

Ok. so that sounds exactly like the same issue. It was worth on F20 for
me than it is with F21.

Thank you.

Fred

On 12/13/2014 02:30 PM, Madhurjya Roy wrote:
> It's quite similar to that, just more severe! In my case, when I open
> the 'activities' menu, there are square and triangular lines spread
> all over and almost none of the icons render correctly.
> 
> Another thing worth pointing out is that applications are not affected
> by it. Most of the applications I ran (Nautilus, GIMP, Gnome Terminal,
> Application Settings) rendered correctly.
> 
> The problem mainly affects the panel on the top, the calendar view
> that opens up from there (like the one in your picture) and the
> 'activities' menu.
> 
> I'm downloading the Fedora live image, once it is done, I'll boot up
> and share some screenshots. I guess that'll provide a better idea of
> it.
> 
> Madhurjya Roy
> 
> On 13/12/2014, Frederic Muller <fred at cm17.com> wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> Does it look like something like this: http://snag.gy/AGPaq.jpg
>>
>> I've started having the problem on F20 after a xorg update about 3 weeks
>> ago and it has stayed. I upgraded (new install though) to F21 to get the
>> same result unfortunately.
>>
>> It's also a Radeon (HD 6770 though) card.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Fred
>>
>> On 12/12/2014 10:49 PM, Madhurjya Roy wrote:
>>> Hey guys,
>>>
>>> My old  PC MoBo recently died and so, I built a  new PC with
>>> the following hardware specification :
>>>
>>> * Processor : AMD A4-6300K 3.7 GHz Dual Core APU with integrated
>>> Radeon HD 8370D GPU
>>>
>>> * MoBo : MSI A58M-E33
>>>
>>> * RAM : 4 GB Corsair Value RAM 1600 MHz.
>>>
>>> * HDD : 500 GB WD Caviar @ 7200 rpm
>>>
>>> * Monitor : 19 inch Samsung SyncMaster at 1400 X 900 pixels @ 60-75 Hz
>>> refresh rate
>>>
>>> So, I went ahead and popped in the Fedora 21 Workstation Disc.
>>> Anaconda worked well
>>> and installed Fedora 21.
>>>
>>> But as soon as I restarted my PC and logged in I found the desktop
>>> flickering! I moved the mouse pointer and it flickered even more
>>> vigorously and when I pulled through the activities hot corner, I
>>> could barely see the icons, which appeared like distorted squares.
>>>
>>> Somehow, I managed to open the terminal. All the text in the terminal
>>> were clearly visible, I installed Xfce desktop and to my surprise it
>>> worked fine, text and icon everything was clear and perfectly
>>> usable. Next, I installed KDE and it worked as well. I really had trouble
>>> understanding the wobbly widgety interface, though! So, I assumed the
>>> problem is with Gnome 3.
>>>
>>> I reinstalled the complete Gnome desktop and alas, the problem
>>> persisted! I have used Fedora 20 for quite some time on my
>>> laptop, so, I booted a live image of Fedora 20, that I had had flashed
>>> onto a pen drive and still there was the same problem.
>>>
>>> Frustrated, I gave up and installed Ubuntu, Unity worked well but
>>> when I installed Gnome3, I was back where I was, running a completely
>>> graphically distorted UI!
>>>
>>> I've since changed many distros (without Gnome as DE) and all of them
>>> worked fine. Windows 8.1 worked fluidly as well! I am currently using
>>> Ubuntu 14.10 (with Unity as DE). I found it quite close to Gnome3.
>>>
>>> However, I would still like to use Fedora and since, I'm using this as
>>> a multimedia PC, so Gnome3 is still my preference.
>>>
>>> From my observations, it seems to be a Gnome 3 hardware incompatibility
>>> issue.
>>>
>>> I've tried changing refreshing rate, resolution and colour depth and
>>> nothing could solve the issue! Even switching to the proprietary AMD
>>> drivers didn't work out.
>>>
>>> Should I file a bug report on BugZilla?
>>>
>>> If anyone's got some idea, please help!
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Madhurjya Roy
>>>
>>
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