Video Problems

[Leon Stringer]

Hi,

I'm experiencing problems with the the display such as:

 - Scrolling up through documents in Firefox, list controls, etc. causes
the canvas area to become messed.

 - Moving any windows in GNOME (Nautilus, terminal, firefox) causes the
the canvas are to become messed.

These problems can be fixed my minimising and restoring the window.

I'm running FC6t1 on a Toshiba Tecra M1 and the adaptor is reported as a
Trident CyberBlade XP4m32. It worked fine with FC5.

Is this likely to be an X or Cairo bug? Is anyone seeing anything
similar? (If it happens to you, you can't miss it!).

Leon...

[dragoran]

Leon Stringer wrote:
>  Hi,
>
>  I'm experiencing problems with the the display such as:
>
>   - Scrolling up through documents in Firefox, list controls, etc. causes
>  the canvas area to become messed.
>
>   - Moving any windows in GNOME (Nautilus, terminal, firefox) causes the
>  the canvas are to become messed.
>
>  These problems can be fixed my minimising and restoring the window.
>
>  I'm running FC6t1 on a Toshiba Tecra M1 and the adaptor is reported as a
>  Trident CyberBlade XP4m32. It worked fine with FC5.
>
>  Is this likely to be an X or Cairo bug? Is anyone seeing anything
>  similar? (If it happens to you, you can't miss it!).
>
>  Leon...
>
>     
is composite enabled?

[Leon Stringer]

On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 19:30 +0200, dragoran wrote:
>  Leon Stringer wrote:
>  > I'm experiencing problems with the the display such as:
>  >
>  >  - Scrolling up through documents in Firefox, list controls, etc. causes
>  > the canvas area to become messed.
>  >
>  >  - Moving any windows in GNOME (Nautilus, terminal, firefox) causes the
>  > the canvas are to become messed.
>  >
>  > These problems can be fixed my minimising and restoring the window.
>  >
>  > Is this likely to be an X or Cairo bug? Is anyone seeing anything
>  > similar? (If it happens to you, you can't miss it!).
>  >   
>  is composite enabled? 
How would I tell?

[Pete Graner]

Leon Stringer wrote:
>  On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 19:30 +0200, dragoran wrote:
> > Leon Stringer wrote:
> >> I'm experiencing problems with the the display such as:
> >>
> >>  - Scrolling up through documents in Firefox, list controls, etc. causes
> >> the canvas area to become messed.
> >>
> >>  - Moving any windows in GNOME (Nautilus, terminal, firefox) causes the
> >> the canvas are to become messed.
> >>
> >> These problems can be fixed my minimising and restoring the window.
> >>
> >> Is this likely to be an X or Cairo bug? Is anyone seeing anything
> >> similar? (If it happens to you, you can't miss it!).
> >>   
> > is composite enabled?
>  
>  How would I tell?
>   
Try:

xdpyinfo | grep Composite

Pete

-- 
Pete Graner                                email: <pgraner(a)redhat.com&gt;

[Leon Stringer]

On Sat, 2006-07-22 at 13:52 -0400, Pete Graner wrote:
>  Leon Stringer wrote:
>  > On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 19:30 +0200, dragoran wrote:
>  >> Leon Stringer wrote:
>  >>> I'm experiencing problems with the the display such as:
>  >>>
>  >>>  - Scrolling up through documents in Firefox, list controls, etc. causes
>  >>> the canvas area to become messed.
>  >>>
>  >>>  - Moving any windows in GNOME (Nautilus, terminal, firefox) causes the
>  >>> the canvas are to become messed.
>  >>>
>  >>> These problems can be fixed my minimising and restoring the window.
>  >>>
>  >>> Is this likely to be an X or Cairo bug? Is anyone seeing anything
>  >>> similar? (If it happens to you, you can't miss it!).
>  >>>   
>  >> is composite enabled?
>  > 
>  > How would I tell?
>  > 
>  
>  Try:
>  
>  xdpyinfo | grep Composite
>  
>  Pete
>   
It says "Composite", so I guess it *is* on? So my next question is how do I turn
it off?

[dragoran]

Leon Stringer wrote:
>  On Sat, 2006-07-22 at 13:52 -0400, Pete Graner wrote:
>    
> > Leon Stringer wrote:
> >     
> >> On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 19:30 +0200, dragoran wrote:
> >>       
> >>> Leon Stringer wrote:
> >>>         
> >>>> I'm experiencing problems with the the display such as:
> >>>>
> >>>>  - Scrolling up through documents in Firefox, list controls, etc. causes
> >>>> the canvas area to become messed.
> >>>>
> >>>>  - Moving any windows in GNOME (Nautilus, terminal, firefox) causes the
> >>>> the canvas are to become messed.
> >>>>
> >>>> These problems can be fixed my minimising and restoring the window.
> >>>>
> >>>> Is this likely to be an X or Cairo bug? Is anyone seeing anything
> >>>> similar? (If it happens to you, you can't miss it!).
> >>>>   
> >>>>           
> >>> is composite enabled?
> >>>         
> >> How would I tell?
> >>
> >>       
> > Try:
> >
> > xdpyinfo | grep Composite
> >
> > Pete
> >
> >     
>
>  It says "Composite", so I guess it *is* on? So my next question is how do I
> turn it off?
>
>     
first disable it in metacity  using gconf editor (search for composite); 
second add this to your /etx/X11org.conf :
Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

[Leon Stringer]

On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 16:13 +0200, dragoran wrote:
>  Leon Stringer wrote:
>  > On Sat, 2006-07-22 at 13:52 -0400, Pete Graner wrote:
>  >   
>  >> Leon Stringer wrote:
>  >>     
>  >>> On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 19:30 +0200, dragoran wrote:
>  >>>       
>  >>>> Leon Stringer wrote:
>  >>>>         
>  >>>>> I'm experiencing problems with the the display such as:
>  >>>> is composite enabled?
>  >>>>         
>  >   
>  first disable it in metacity  using gconf editor (search for composite); 
>  second add this to your /etx/X11org.conf :
>  Section "Extensions"
>      Option         "Composite" "Disable"
>  EndSection
>   
Thanks for responding to my questions.

Searching GConf for "composite" (or "Composite") did not find any
results.

I changed /etc/X11/xorg.conf and restarted. Xorg.log reports 'Extension
"Composite" is disabled', but the problem still occurs.

[Rahul Sundaram]

Leon Stringer wrote:
>  On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 16:13 +0200, dragoran wrote:
> > Leon Stringer wrote:
> >> On Sat, 2006-07-22 at 13:52 -0400, Pete Graner wrote:
> >>   
> >>> Leon Stringer wrote:
> >>>     
> >>>> On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 19:30 +0200, dragoran wrote:
> >>>>       
> >>>>> Leon Stringer wrote:
> >>>>>         
> >>>>>> I'm experiencing problems with the the display such as:
> >>>>> is composite enabled?
> >>>>>         
> >>   
> > first disable it in metacity  using gconf editor (search for composite); 
> > second add this to your /etx/X11org.conf :
> > Section "Extensions"
> >     Option         "Composite" "Disable"
> > EndSection
> >
>  
>  Thanks for responding to my questions.
>  
>  Searching GConf for "composite" (or "Composite") did not find any
>  results. 
Thats because the key is called compositing_manager. The following 
command would turn it off.

gconftool-2 -s '/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager' --type bool 
false

Rahul

[Leon Stringer]

On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 22:55 +0530, Rahul wrote:
>  Leon Stringer wrote:
>  > On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 16:13 +0200, dragoran wrote:
>  >>>>>>> I'm experiencing problems with the the display such as:
>  >>>>>> is composite enabled?
>  >>>>>>         
>  >>>   
>  >> first disable it in metacity  using gconf editor (search for composite); 
>  >> second add this to your /etx/X11org.conf :
>  >> Section "Extensions"
>  >>     Option         "Composite" "Disable"
>  >> EndSection
>  >>
>  > 
>  > Thanks for responding to my questions.
>  > 
>  > Searching GConf for "composite" (or "Composite") did not find
> any
>  > results.
>  
>  Thats because the key is called compositing_manager. The following 
>  command would turn it off.
>  
>  gconftool-2 -s '/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager' --type bool 
>  false 
That value was already false. So I guess compositing *is* disabled?

So are there anymore tests I can try? Or should I file a bug? Against X?
WM? GNOME? Other?

[dragoran]

Leon Stringer wrote:
>  On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 22:55 +0530, Rahul wrote:
>    
> > Leon Stringer wrote:
> >     
> >> On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 16:13 +0200, dragoran wrote:
> >>       
> >>>>>>>> I'm experiencing problems with the the display such
> as:
> >>>>>>>>                   
> >>>>>>> is composite enabled?
> >>>>>>>         
> >>>>>>>                 
> >>>>   
> >>>>           
> >>> first disable it in metacity  using gconf editor (search for composite); 
> >>> second add this to your /etx/X11org.conf :
> >>> Section "Extensions"
> >>>     Option         "Composite" "Disable"
> >>> EndSection
> >>>
> >>>         
> >> Thanks for responding to my questions.
> >>
> >> Searching GConf for "composite" (or "Composite") did not find
> any
> >> results.
> >>       
> > Thats because the key is called compositing_manager. The following 
> > command would turn it off.
> >
> > gconftool-2 -s '/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager' --type bool 
> > false
> >     
>
>  That value was already false. So I guess compositing *is* disabled?
>
>  So are there anymore tests I can try? Or should I file a bug? Against X?
>  WM? GNOME? Other?
>
>
>
>     
file a bug agains xorg-x11-drv-<yourdriver>

[Leon Stringer]

On Tue, 2006-07-25 at 19:45 +0200, dragoran wrote:
>  >> Leon Stringer wrote:
>  >>     
>  >>> On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 16:13 +0200, dragoran wrote:
>  >>>       
>  >>>>>>>>> I'm experiencing problems with the the display
> such as:
>  > So are there anymore tests I can try? Or should I file a bug? Against X?
>  > WM? GNOME? Other?
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >   
>  
>  file a bug agains xorg-x11-drv-<yourdriver>
>   
Thanks dragoran.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=200223