Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 717961
Render issues in text fields in Qt applications when using Gnome shell
Last modified: 2011-08-08 10:40:15 EDT
Created attachment 510689 [details] Screenshot of a couple of bugs (qt creator and another app) Description of problem: When using gnome shell (and not when using other environments, as KDE or Ratpoison), I experience render bugs in text fields in qt applications (e.g. qt creator, psi-im). The buffer seems to be updated partially or not updated at all, especially when scrolling or moving through the lines. Some of them are persistent, that is they are still until the affected area is refreshed, some others are visible for just a fraction of second, then vanish. I can't remember if I ever experienced this bug in non-text-editing context (e.g. while drawing). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): I'm using qt 4.7.2 8.fc15 gtk+ 1.2.10 71.fc15 gtk2 2.24.4 2.fc15 gtk3 3.0.11 1.fc15 gnome-shell 3.0.2 4.fc15 How reproducible: The bugs are somewhat random, but using a Qt application with a text editor in it will eventually show this bug. I experienced it with Qt creator, Psi and custom Qt applications. Attached two screenshots of the issue visible and then the same window after a refresh.
Still smells a lot like a video driver (hw accel) bug. What video hw/driver are you using? Are you using desktop-effects/compositing in these other environments too?
I'm using nvidia proprietary drivers: xorg-x11-drv-nvidia 275.09.07 1.fc15 On KDE I'm pretty sure I was not using any desktop-effects/compositing, and I guess the same for Ratpoison. But IIRC this bug didn't appeared when using "Classic GNOME with Compiz". Anyway I can test of course; please, tell me if do you need any particular environment for testing.
I think we can't conclude much else than "nvidia driver + (gnome3?) compositing + qt app" = text rendering bug". Which still hints strongly at a driver issue.
Ok. I would like to report also that this bug didn't seems present when I updated to F15 (a few days after it was released), but appeared later on when updating. I'm sorry but I didn't keep track of when it happened. I'll try with noveau drivers.
fwiw, /var/log/yum.log should give you a history of what was updated and when.
I'd like to report that refresh issues happened also with other applications recently: Eclipse, Nautilus and Chrome, which aren't qt applications. Sorry these seems to be rarer and I couldn't take screenshots. Thanks Rex for your last tip.
Based on this last comment, I think that rules at anything qt-only, and likely highlights a video driver issue. If you're still using nvidia, we'll likely have to mark this CANTFIX, else, re-assign to nouveau
Still using nvidia, unluckly I gave up trying with nouveau. I'll try to report this bug directly to nvidia. Thanks for your help.
ok.