On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:54:02AM -0800, Khumba wrote: > On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 21:39:03 +0000 > Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: > > > On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:49:25 -0800, walt wrote: > > > > > One other possibility is that xorg updated something that broke some > > > video drivers. Maybe "qlop -l xorg" would give you a hint about when > > > your video problem first appeared? > > > > > I'm seeing similar, but not identical issues, most annoying in the > > message list in Claws Mail, which seem to be caused by > > x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.99.906. Downgrading to the previous > > version gets rid of the problem. > > Same problem here, running ~amd64, hit the problem when I upgraded > last Wednesday. Ditto for Urxvt, Emacs, and Claws. I tried downgrading > from x86-video-intel-2.99.906 to 2.99.905-r1 which fixed the glitch, but > then when I clicked on lists in Claws, X would randomly crash. > > Maybe time to try downgrading more than just the video drivers; I also > upgraded other X packages at the time, including xorg-server. > > Cheers, > Bryan >
I've had a similiar problem: X would randomly crash when I ran Claws-Mail and cursor wasn't showing in Eclipse. The solution for me was to downgrade to =x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.21.15 (currently latest stable version).
