Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:26:32 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Justin Yang <YZMSQ@163.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, kib@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re:Re: annoying unexpected red strips on screen Message-ID: <CAN6yY1toLiYKmYOv6kjdxinJ7foyAv5bruZSETK7XQejpwuVJg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <op.wusy13mh55odaq@darkgeek> References: <op.wucwzkdi62b4ba@darkgeek> <op.wucw6gp662b4ba@darkgeek> <CAN6yY1ts2gUnd4g0JYn4ECjJzLfcH_gp1zX9biDYY1XMKyzF_w@mail.gmail.com> <31bf11bc.4f42.13d96826a09.Coremail.yzmsq@163.com> <op.wusy13mh55odaq@darkgeek>
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On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 1:55 AM, Justin Yang <YZMSQ@163.com> wrote: > These days I found some quirks about this issue. The red strips are only > within some applications' windows themselves, which had never been seen i= n > my Opera browser, while only shown in other applications, such as Firefox= , > eclipse, chromium and so on. > > On Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:09:22 +0800=EF=BC=8CJustin Yang <yzmsq@163.com> wr= ote: > > Hi, > Thank you for your reply. I'm now wondering whether the "red strips" (may= be > aroused by KMS) will dampen my Sandy Bridge Graphics chip. If not, I beli= eve > I can ignore this issue temporarily 'cause it only happens occasionally. > > > At 2013-03-23 14:15:40,"Kevin Oberman" <rkoberman@gmail.com> wrote: >>On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Justin Yang <linuxjustin@gmail.com> wrot= e: >>> Oh, I'm sorry but the picture of "The annoying strips" should be this >>> one: >>> http://i49.tinypic.com/2q3og03.png >>> >>> >>>> Hi, all: >>>> I'm now suffering some "unexpected red strips" on the screen, which >>>> frustrates me a lot. My box runs on a sandy bridge chip, and I've >>>> installed >>>> the latest xorg and Intel graphics drivers related ports from xorg-dev= . >>>> It >>>> runs quite well except the red strips shown on my screen unexpectedly >>>> sometimes (not always, though). I also tried the xorg from our officia= l >>>> ports tree but nothing improved (even worse). >>>> >>>> BTW, I only install the xorg related and Intel graphics drivers from >>>> source code (ports tree), while others, such as firefox, eclipse, are >>>> installed from pre-compiled packages directly from this site: >>>> http://dev.bsdrp.net/pkg/freebsd:9:x86:32/desktop/ >>>> >>>> What I've installed: >>>> justin@darkgeek.pts/0 ~ % pkg info | grep -i xorg >>>> linux-f10-xorg-libs-7.4_1 Xorg libraries (Linux Fedora 10) >>>> xorg-fonts-truetype-7.5.1 X.Org TrueType fonts >>>> xorg-minimal-7.5.2 X.Org minimal distribution metaport >>>> xorg-server-1.12.4,1 X.Org X server and related programs >>>> justin@darkgeek.pts/0 ~ % pkg info | grep -i libgl >>>> libGL-8.0.5_3 OpenGL library that renders using GLX o= r >>>> DRI >>>> libGLU-8.0.5 OpenGL utility library >>>> libglade2-2.6.4_5 GNOME glade library >>>> justin@darkgeek.pts/0 ~ % pkg info | grep -i intel >>>> xf86-video-intel-2.21.4 Driver for Intel integrated graphics >>>> chipsets >>>> justin@darkgeek.pts/0 ~ % pkg info | grep -i dri >>>> dri-8.0.5_3,2 OpenGL hardware acceleration drivers fo= r >>>> the DRI >>>> dri2proto-2.8 DRI2 prototype headers >>>> libGL-8.0.5_3 OpenGL library that renders using GLX o= r >>>> DRI >>>> xf86-input-keyboard-1.6.2 X.Org keyboard input driver >>>> xf86-input-mouse-1.8.1 X.Org mouse input driver >>>> xf86-video-intel-2.21.4 Driver for Intel integrated graphics >>>> chipsets >>>> xf86-video-vesa-2.3.2 X.Org vesa display driver >>>> justin@darkgeek.pts/0 ~ % pkg info | grep -i libdrm >>>> libdrm-2.4.42_1 Userspace interface to kernel Direct >>>> Rendering Module services >>>> justin@darkgeek.pts/0 ~ % uname -a >>>> FreeBSD darkgeek 9.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #0 r243826: Tue Dec = 4 >>>> 06:55:39 UTC 2012 >>>> root@obrian.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >>>> >>>> The annoying strips: >>>> http://i50.tinypic.com/260sgac.png >>>> >>>> And one more annoying thing: >>>> http://i50.tinypic.com/260sgac.png >>>> >>>> More details will be provided when needed. Any help is appreciated. >>>> Thank >>>> you in advance:) >>> >> >>I see the same thing on my Sandybridge system. I've been seeing it >>since I first installed KMS code. Others suggestion I am infected by >>"The Matrix", but it's red, not green. They may appear in any window >>and I can often eliminate it by selecting the "infected" area and then >>de-selecting. Yours is the only other report I've seenof this problem. >>While I'd love to get this fixed, getting console mode back would be >>even nicer. >> >>I also occasionally get other artifacts like a few lines of test >>getting darker. I suspect it is being written to the screen twice with >>a single pixel offset, but I can't confirm. >> >>9.1-Stable (r246004M) amd64 system. Sandybridge with no nVidia support >>card. Pure Intel GPU. ThinkPad T520. All xorg is from ports and this >>has happened since I installed the KMS support.. I can confirm that they show up in specific windows, not the scree itself and I see them most often in Firefox, but I have also seen them in gnome-terminals and most any other including the wallpaper, which is, after all, just a window that happens to cover the entire screen and has no borders or decorations. --=20 R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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