Re: Problem with OpenGL/DRI and Gnome 2.2 ->

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

On Sat, 2003-05-10 at 04:26, Pekka Tiittanen wrote:
> 	So, I have a slight problem with OpenGL/DRI and Gnome 2.2
> 	->
> 
> 	Easiest way to see what I mean is to go here:
> 
> 	www.kauhajoki.fi/~peti/Screenshot.png
> 
> 	And that happens everytime I use some application /
> 	xscreensaver hack etc. that uses OpenGL/DRI.
> 
> 	And this problem came with Gnome 2.2, 2.0 didn't have
> 	this problem and it still continues with 2.3. I don't
> 	have slightest idea what is the main reason for this, but
> 	it's very annoying.
> 
> 	And sometimes only way to get those icons back in shape
> 	is to reboot the whole machine, (No, just restarting X
> 	isn't the answer always. I've done that sometimes about 5
> 	times before rebooting.). Changing displaydepths doesn't
> 	have affect on anything.
> 
> 	I have a G450 with 32 Mb with DRI. Debian Woody and all
> 	packages compiled by hand. (so was 2.0).
> 
> 	I don't have any idea if other ppl have this same
> 	problem, but searching groups.google.com didn't give me
> 	any answers at all.
> 
> 	I appreciate if someone could help or give any helpful
> 	pointers on what I should do.

This is a well known bug in the Matrox XFree86 driver; upgrading to
XFree86 4.3.0 should fix (or at least, work around) the problem.

Regards,
                                      Owen