FS#34847 - [linux-lts] Gnome shell 3.6 font rendering glitches

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Akshay Dua (adua) - Thursday, 18 April 2013, 21:06 GMT
Last edited by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Monday, 07 October 2013, 14:40 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Kernel
Status Closed
Assigned To Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Bartłomiej Piotrowski (Barthalion)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

Description:
* Gnome shell font and other rendering glitches as shown in screenshot. Application fonts and windows are rendered OK.

Additional info:
* package version(s)
- Gnome 3.6
- Linux tp 3.0.73-1-lts #1 SMP Sat Apr 13 08:57:26 CEST 2013 x86_64 GNU/Linux
- Thinkpad X220
- 2:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)

* config and/or log files etc.

Steps to reproduce:
* Downgrade to 'linux-lts' from the latest 'linux' kernel.
* log in to Gnome
   Screenshot from 2013-04-18 14... (118.5 KiB)
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Closed by  Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Monday, 07 October 2013, 14:40 GMT
Reason for closing:  No response
Comment by Jelle van der Waa (jelly) - Friday, 26 April 2013, 08:08 GMT
And with gnome 3.8?
Comment by Akshay Dua (adua) - Friday, 26 April 2013, 21:28 GMT
same issue exists with gnome 3.8. I was able to work around it by enabling sna, but that started causing my gpu to hang.

So, then, the final workaround was to downgrade to kernel 3.4.3-1 and keep sna enabled. This fixes all the glitches and does not hang my machine. It does cause gnome-shell to leak a lot of memory though, so I need to keep restarting the shell from time-to-time. Sadly, there is no happy place for me right now.
Comment by antonio (Jack_CM) - Monday, 27 May 2013, 16:24 GMT
I can confirm it with linux 3.0.79-1-lts and cinnamon
Comment by Eugene Lipchansky (NSky) - Tuesday, 04 June 2013, 10:24 GMT
it happens to me too:
linux-lts-3.0.80-1
gnome-shell-3.8.2-4
There is no difference in using UXA/SNA
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 09:58 GMT
Status on 3.10.12?
Comment by antonio (Jack_CM) - Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 09:37 GMT
The problem appears only on linux-lts.
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Thursday, 19 September 2013, 06:53 GMT
next LTS is 3.10.x it's located in testing repository at the moment.

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