2012/7/15 hvw59601 <hvw59...@care2.com>: > Dan Serban wrote: >> >> For those unaware, running wheezy or squeeze + backports while using the >> Nvidia binary blob (and in some cases nouveau) drawing _anything_ in X is >> painful, it can take seconds to respond to a mouse click, or >> minimizing/maximizing a window. Scrolling speed is horrendous as well. >> >> For the months that I've experienced this problem, I've been waiting for >> Debian to step up and either find a workaround or fix the issue. >> >> The issue from what I understand stems from libcairo enabling features >> that >> the Nvidia driver blob cannot cope with. >> >> The bug is reported here: >> >> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=616308 >> >> Reading through that bug report, it seems that this has been an issue for >> some time, a patch is provided and I have successfully upgraded to my own >> package which includes the patch. >> >> My question is: Am I alone here? > > > <snip> > > No you are not. I pinned libcairo, easier than patching it. > > Hugo > >
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