From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 11 11:20:45 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 895829A8 for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 11:20:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-x232.google.com (mail-lb0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c04::232]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1EBA4FDD for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 11:20:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lb0-f178.google.com with SMTP id w7so2504126lbi.9 for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 03:20:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=berentweb.com; s=google; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=FEIEUM+DyXsU+Dht/n61Inx7M4Kef7SvES8igC7LiK4=; b=iOdKTuDJnxbFnF+5gC9ptIar+3lWftJTSPSzlSth8vYJMmzX4JG2Sm20ocqQxNe7za dgznm7v6ar6lSNBuu1FvW2zh12B8i0hLhisOHVLKp+oAcWrazbOyJLiXVAkcxPF1jjbK Sz9KfldSg0YSRFhPSogHBnxlQWqsf/oow7k88= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=FEIEUM+DyXsU+Dht/n61Inx7M4Kef7SvES8igC7LiK4=; b=IN8Ogw/jy/7wRYQddrRAcH9dXeXcHi9GPIjrLK7F+WrCZSdjVKF/QHNxcgx72ibtWr THWWKYAB+2t7vxMPNFIQjQzP6w5PhLM4poyZeJOonySX9IzxIjQ6h5VhiECXhP7PmMvK mALuAZ3nskB7t/PdzfBIrG7vXi6B3mmR+ooyWqcfIrcqCTn0gzOpnDGzANt0gNOoNHv2 N912O+TDM1nOer/WnweMq79XyZ9Ki+6ewYx+uQqFAXPaVUpUeEkIeo+5GurksEBDA/9p EWVhOXj/eVUYiD6tHl8ARo3fRUTbt5tVLUakY7K0jEsKC8NwAksb2xlkTZ6lF3D+m8L7 IlJg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnWgBpLVflx3A+OXD16EO8S+vMljyCQk0qRR6Lp/DXL2bxQef6zQwumeloZLL4z94OCav1C X-Received: by 10.112.135.196 with SMTP id pu4mr26957709lbb.41.1423653642727; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 03:20:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from rsbsd.rsb ([31.200.9.220]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id wq3sm111945lbb.24.2015.02.11.03.20.41 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 11 Feb 2015 03:20:41 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:20:39 +0200 From: Beeblebrox To: Subject: Some unresolved but important X.org problems Message-ID: <20150211132039.42665673@rsbsd.rsb> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 11:20:45 -0000 I have been having problems described below since March of 2014, but did no= t have much of an option other than to wait for gradual improvements. Consi= dering that 11 is nearing official RELEASE, I would think these problems wo= uld be worth consideration. I'm posting in current rather than xorg, becaus= e if there were many others with these problems, it would have been brought= up a long time ago. PROBLEMS: 1. PDF viewers fail to display pdf/ps files correctly. Many files get displ= ayed as blank pages, and I can only get the pdf to display after closing/re= -opening the file several times, or by repeatedly scrolling up/down past th= e seemingly blank page. Pages with an image have more problems than pages w= ith text-only. 2. With the exception of Opera (which is out-dated), all remaining Browsers= fail to display most web pages in a sane manner (Firefox, Seamonkey, Epiph= any, Midori). Chrome is the worst because even with just a blank page it fl= ickers, goes completely white, comes back as a partial image and sometimes = locks X for 1/2 second or so. Problems with the other browsers usually have something to do with sites us= ing php (rather than static content) and I have many problems with images b= eing correctly displayed. Among the symptoms: * Page phases out. Mouse-over or scroll up/down resets the display (midori-= on-linuxquestions.png: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxs_eepbMt6qNTdaQm1= pTFZTMWM/view?usp=3Dsharing) * PHP sites either loose track of last scroll point and jump appx one page = up (example Facebook goes up 4-5 posts to what I just read and repeats acti= on as I try to scroll down), OR they are only partially displayed and need = to be either refreshed (F5) or up/down scrolling to get some kind of displa= y (epiphany-on-forums.freebsd.png: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxs_eep= bMt6qbFJWMW1RZzJsYVU/view?usp=3Dsharing) * I get the same problem when trying to view an image, or a site with many = images. The tab with the image displays one of: a black screen, a single co= lor with vertical interference lines, or a mixture (seamonkey-google-image-= search.png: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxs_eepbMt6qUUJvem11U3c3MVk/vi= ew?usp=3Dsharing) * As a result of all the above, logging in to sites, doing any transactions= which require clicking buttons and check-boxes or filling text fields beco= mes extremely difficult. 3. In Gnome3, menu text is garbled (gnome3-text.png: https://drive.google.c= om/file/d/0Bxs_eepbMt6qWklaSUZLd0luUFk/view?usp=3Dsharing) 4. Chromium causes other programs to mis-behave and display gets corrupted = in the old Win-XP style (chrome-corruption.png: https://drive.google.com/fi= le/d/0Bxs_eepbMt6qMktnOWo3bV93SGM/view?usp=3Dsharing) 5. An update about a month ago is causing problems with /dev/ums0 on Deskto= p (not vt). When I move the mouse it sometimes gets stuck on a menu item of= a program or an item on the Browser (for example a result in google search= ). I have to move the mouse and repeat the previous action in order to get = it unstuck. Sticky lasts about 1/5 of a second. 6. Last week I was getting jpeg file corruption when doing simple processin= g (crop, rotate) in graphics/gthumb. Resulting file would have vertical int= erference lines. After updating the ports/packages yesterday I don't get th= at now. Probably unrelated, but worth mentioning. MY_SYSTEM: + Desktop is usually Fluxbox. Free Memory was 5 GB when screen shots were t= aken (not a low-mem issue). + GPU is RS880 [Radeon HD 4250], with loaded modules: drm2.ko, agp.ko, rade= onkms.ko, radeonkmsfw_RS780_pfp.ko, radeonkmsfw_RS780_me.ko, radeonkmsfw_R6= 00_rlc.ko + These already in /etc/sysctl.conf: #_Enhance shared memory X11 interface kern.ipc.shmmax=3D67108864 kern.ipc.shmall=3D32768 #_Enhance desktop responsiveness under high CPU use (200/224) kern.sched.preempt_thresh=3D224 #_chromium_browser_issue kern.ipc.shm_allow_removed=3D1 --=20 FreeBSD_amd64_11-Current_RadeonKMS