FS#20603 - [xf86-video-intel] Fonts broken
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Opened by Angel Velasquez (angvp) - Wednesday, 25 August 2010, 13:46 GMT
Last edited by Laurent Carlier (lordheavy) - Saturday, 22 June 2013, 13:00 GMT
Opened by Angel Velasquez (angvp) - Wednesday, 25 August 2010, 13:46 GMT
Last edited by Laurent Carlier (lordheavy) - Saturday, 22 June 2013, 13:00 GMT
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I'm having random and weird breakage with this driver, when I use vesa.. fonts are displayed correctly, this is my machine work, I usually use nvidia, so mabe there is a workaround to fix this. Thanks to wonder for giving me some hints. Additional info: * package version(s) [testing] and [extra] versions happens the same * config and/or log files etc. Steps to reproduce: Don't know how to reproduce it .. just fonts broke randomly, and I don't have a clue about what can be useful in the log. Anything you need, please ask here. |
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Closed by Laurent Carlier (lordheavy)
Saturday, 22 June 2013, 13:00 GMT
Reason for closing: No response
Additional comments about closing: No response so it should be fixed
Saturday, 22 June 2013, 13:00 GMT
Reason for closing: No response
Additional comments about closing: No response so it should be fixed
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
intel-dri 7.10.0.git20110215-1
xf86-video-intel 2.14.0-2
kernel 2.6.36
Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910ML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
I'm not even sure, whether it is a problem with only some specific fonts used in css or not.
<strike>IIRC that happens only in browsers (gecko _and_ webkit engines).</strike>
Edit: it happens also in terminals. Just switched to
urxvt*font: xft:Dejavu Sans Mono:size=8:antialias=true:hinting=true
in my .Xdefaults and got artifacts.
Can't remember experiencing this with that setting:
urxvt*font: xft:Envy Code R:size=9:hinting=true:antialias=true
Please mark this bug as upstream.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/745608
Using the DebugWait Option fixed the problem. But i think they have to fix it nevertheless.
I'm having this bug with Gentoo and i found this bug here :)
Option "DebugWait" "on"
in the "Device" Section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf fix the problem of broken fonts. So this is what I did and I have no problem of broken fonts anymore but I have not tested it without the option (As the problem is rather random, we should test it for a long time to see the precise status). I have still problem with opengl: glxgears does not run smooth (it shoulkd syc the refresh rate with the screen: i.E. 60 Hz but that does not work well), the workaround is to puyt the fiollowing in /etc/drirc:
<driconf>
<device screen="0" driver="dri2">
<application name="Default">
<option name="vblank_mode" value="0" />
</application>
</device>
</driconf>
i installed intel 2.20 with sna on my gentoo machine and changed the accel method also to sna:
Option "AccelMethod" "sna"
and i removed the DebugWait line and i have a huge performance improvement and also got rid of the font bug. Maybe you will test this on archlinux, too.