Chris Marusich writes: > Roel Janssen <r...@gnu.org> writes: > >> Chris Marusich writes: >> >>> Roel Janssen <r...@gnu.org> writes: >>> >>>> Ricardo Wurmus writes: >>>> >>>>> Hi Roel, >>>>> >>>>>> With the following patch to the Xorg configuration file, I have a >>>>>> tear-free GuixSD experience. I wonder if this is upstreameable in some >>>>>> way. This patch is probably too broad in effect. Can I change it so >>>>>> that only the graphics card I have will be affected by this patch? >>>>> >>>>> I’m not sure about this, but you can apply it only to your system by >>>>> changing the slim-service’s “startx” value like this: >>>>> >>>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- >>>>> (modify-services %desktop-services >>>>> (slim-service-type >>>>> config => (slim-configuration >>>>> (inherit config) >>>>> (startx (xorg-start-command >>>>> #:configuration-file >>>>> (xorg-configuration-file >>>>> #:extra-config >>>>> (list your-fix))))))) >>>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- >>>>> >>>>> But I suppose what you want is to apply it unconditionally in Guix and >>>>> have the X server ignore it for all but this one graphics card, right? >>>> >>>> No, not necessarily. I could no longer do 'guix pull && guix system >>>> reconfigure ...', which I attempted to solve by upstreaming this patch. >>> >>> Why wouldn't you be able to do a 'guix pull && guix system reconfigure'? >> >> Because that would build a system generation which doesn't contain the >> patched Xorg config. Ricardo's snippet solved that. >> >>> >>>> I wonder if anyone else is having the same problem on this hardware.. >>> >>> Yes, I have this problem. I use a Lenovo X200. Like Mark, graphical >>> Emacs doesn't display characters right, and it's difficult to tell what >>> the buffer actually contains, sometimes. I've reconfigured my system to >>> use the extra Xorg config you've provided in this thread, and I'll let >>> you know in a week or two if it seems to have fixed the problem. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Kind regards, >> Roel Janssen > > Just wanted to close the loop here: I have not had any tearing problems > since applying the patch. Sounds like the problem has been resolved > through a slightly different means, though (with commit > b049ae2f9708794f83c41171c19ffdfe4f11807e). Accordingly, I've removed > the extra xorg configuration from my operating system configuration file > and simply reconfigured using the latest origin/master.
I also removed the extra Xorg configuration snippet from my system configuration, and I too don't have the tearing problem anymore. > > Thank you for starting this discussion! It's really nice to be able to > use graphical emacs now without needing to frequently invoke M-x > redraw-display. Thanks for confirming that this issue has been fixed. Kind regards, Roel Janssen
