Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 14:27:03 -0400 From: Adam K Kirchhoff <akirchhoff135014@comcast.net> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with the radeon driver Message-ID: <20110905142703.39df9bfa@sorrow.ashke.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1109051138230.7840@wonkity.com> References: <201109051251.58076.akirchhoff135014@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1109051138230.7840@wonkity.com>
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On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 11:42:09 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Mon, 5 Sep 2011, Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > > > > > Has anyone else seen this type of artefacting with the radeon > > driver: > > > > http://adam.visualtech.com/radeon-corruption.jpg > > > > I get it on two different machines, one with an HD4850 and one with > > an HD4350. I've put up with it for over a year now, but it's really > > started to get on my nerves. > > > > I've done some testing and it seems to have been introduced in > > 6.13.0. If I go back to 6.12.7, everything is fine. I'm using X > > server 1.7.7 from ports, with EXA acceleration. This happens > > without a compositor running (kwin/compiz/xcompmgr). In the > > screenshot, it's just plain openbox. You can see three windows > > (Terminal, akregator, chrome) as one big giant mess. This happens > > mostly when moving/resizing windows, but also with scrolling. > > When experimenting with other wm lately, I saw that type of thing, > but only with openbox. > > > Running 'xrefresh' will clear the screen and redraw everything > > properly. But then I move a window, and it happens again. > > Sometimes it's worse than others. In the screenshot, it's > > particularly bad. > > Maybe openbox can be patched to force refreshes. But the other wms I > tried didn't seem to have the problem. This happens to me regardless of the window manager. I get it in openbox, and with both xfce4 and kde4. Adam
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