Description of problem: Whilst using mutt over ssh within gnome-terminal, I see (very often) that 'blank' parts of gnome-terminal have some random pixmap crap instead of the correct blank colour. See the attached .png This makes gnome-terminal pretty much unusable. Alt-tabbing away and back clears it up. It's not entirely clear it's not the X server, but I've only seen this in gnome-terminal so far. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-terminal-2.18.3-1.fc8 How reproducible: Regularly
Created attachment 290703 [details] example of garbage
Created attachment 290704 [details] Xorg log
I'm pretty sure that this is a bug with the radeon driver.
Anything I can try? Unfortunately I can't try fglrx to prove that, since I have a Radeon 9200SE.
Hmm. I installed fglrx, then switched back, and ran the display config stuff to choose as close to my real monitor (HP LP1965) as possible. Now it doesn't appear to be happening. Diffs below, and I'm attaching the old and new xorg.conf files.
--- xorg.conf.shipped 2008-01-03 21:35:57.000000000 +0000 +++ xorg.conf 2008-01-03 22:00:43.000000000 +0000 @@ -1,11 +1,19 @@ -# Xorg configuration created by pyxf86config +# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display Section "ServerLayout" - Identifier "Default Layout" + Identifier "single head configuration" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection +Section "Files" + ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules" +EndSection + +Section "ServerFlags" + Option "AIGLX" "on" +EndSection + Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" @@ -13,6 +21,14 @@ Option "XkbLayout" "gb" EndSection +Section "Monitor" + Identifier "Monitor0" + ModelName "HP L1955 LCD Flat Panel Monitor" + HorizSync 30.0 - 82.0 + VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0 + Option "dpms" +EndSection + Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "radeon" @@ -21,6 +37,7 @@ Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" + Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 @@ -28,3 +45,7 @@ EndSubSection EndSection +Section "Extensions" + Option "Composite" "Enable" +EndSection
Created attachment 290804 [details] xorg.conf as-was
Created attachment 290805 [details] newer, apparently working, xorg.conf
Sigh. Turns out that was incorrect. After working all day, I've just seen the problem again.
Same bug here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vte/+bug/120858
(In reply to comment #5) > Hmm. I installed fglrx, then switched back, and ran the display config > stuff to choose as close to my real monitor (HP LP1965) as possible. Now > it doesn't appear to be happening. Diffs below, and I'm attaching the old > and new xorg.conf files. Covering your sins (i.e., using fglrx) is not so simple as just running system-config-display. Have you used packages from that Repository Which Shall Not Be Named, or did you install tarball from ATI directly? If the latter, see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Xorg/3rdPartyVideoDrivers for more detailed instructions on how to get rid of the binary crap (fglrx left on your disk couple of unwanted presents).
I used livna.
Hmm, then I don't know. Passing to developers.
John, have you tried Rawhide? :) On my ATI card, gnome-terminal looks like on attachment #295967 [details] (I hope it makes it a link). Fortunately, turning desktop effects on and off again cures this (until the next reboot). No fglrx needed.
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