On Don, 2011-02-24 at 14:16 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Additional information... > > They was no such problem with the nv driver, and I hadn't used nouveau > until now as it didn't work at all on this machine (bug 581830). > > On 2011-02-24 13:00:33 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > I notice delays in redraw with xterm and emacs. > > > > e.g. "emacs -q -l disptime.el" with disptime.el being: > > > > (custom-set-variables > > '(display-time-24hr-format t) > > '(display-time-day-and-date nil) > > '(display-time-default-load-average nil) > > '(display-time-format "%T") > > '(display-time-interval 1) > > '(display-time-mail-file (quote none)) > > '(display-time-mode t)) > > > > (grey rectangles when the time is updated). > > The old digit(s) is replaced by a grey rectangle for a fraction > of second, then the new digit(s) appears. If I constantly move > the mouse pointer over the Emacs window (the contents, not the > title bar of the window), this problem does not occur. This > problem also depends on the font; try with "-fn 6x13". > > In Xterm, the possible effects are: > * The prompt is slow to appear. > * When going backward or forward in the command history of my > shell, not all the pixel lines are redrawn at the same time > (this problem is difficult to reproduce).
Sounds like https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33977 , which I think should be fixed in a current nouveau X driver snapshot. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.vmware.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
