Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 11:42:09 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Adam K Kirchhoff <akirchhoff135014@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with the radeon driver Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1109051138230.7840@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <201109051251.58076.akirchhoff135014@gmail.com> References: <201109051251.58076.akirchhoff135014@gmail.com>
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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.
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