Yes, the patch is pretty innocuous and has had many people succesfsully test it.
For reference, the patch in question is: commit eec04d76a39a7334de4e00ef9f0f6e44c92b3d91 Author: Eric Anholt <e...@anholt.net> Date: Thu Mar 6 18:50:07 2014 -0800 glx: Clear new FBConfig attributes to 0 by default. The visualSelectGroup wasn't getting set (since our DRI drivers don't use it), and and since it's the top priority in the sort order, you got random sorting of your visuals unless malloc really returned you new memory. This manifested as Xephyr -glamor rendering to a multisampled window on my system, which as you might guess was slightly lower performance than expected. Signed-off-by: Eric Anholt <e...@anholt.net> Reviewed-by: Michel Dänzer <michel.daen...@amd.com> -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1294666 Title: [HSW mesa kde needs Xorg-1.15.1] Multiple tiling-esque artifacts in KDE Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Bug description: This is a fresh install of Trusty on a computer with a Intel card Screenshots of issues attached. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-18.38-generic 3.13.6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Wed Mar 19 14:56:28 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-18 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140318) SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-intel UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) --- ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-18 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140318) Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-18.38-generic 3.13.6 Tags: trusty Uname: Linux 3.13.0-18-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True --- ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: kwin CurrentDesktop: KDE DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 DistroVariant: kubuntu DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 4.3.6, 3.13.0-17-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 4.3.6, 3.13.0-18-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: I just need to know a workaround GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0412] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8534] InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-18 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140318) MachineType: ASUS All Series Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-18-generic root=UUID=73e39066-99b2-4d28-8ba0-b84cc94d256b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-18.38-generic 3.13.6 Tags: trusty kubuntu single-occurrence reproducible has-fix Uname: Linux 3.13.0-18-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 10/25/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0903 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: Z87-K dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0903:bd10/25/2013:svnASUS:pnAllSeries:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnZ87-K:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: All Series dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: ASUS version.compiz: compiz N/A version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.0-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.0-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.0-1ubuntu7 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Tue Mar 18 18:24:10 2014 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 9363 vendor ACI xserver.version: 2:1.15.0-1ubuntu7 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1294666/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp