Re: iceweasel drawing problems
On 04/05/2012 10:48 PM, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 14:11:37 -0400, Dale Harris wrote: Anyone else having problems with iceweasel (on SID) pixelating text within it's window? Chromium is not doing the same thing, so why it makes me think it's not a video card driver problem. I have been having similar issues for a few days now, but they happen only sporadically. My guess is that the most recent version of libcairo2 has a problem with certain AMD video cards. Check out the screenshots here: http://bugs.debian.org/658252#37 I see this on a Nvidia card using nouveau, so it's not just AMD. -- Rares Aioanei -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f7ea287.7010...@gmail.com
Re: iceweasel drawing problems
On 6 April 2012 02:11, Dale Harris rod...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone else having problems with iceweasel (on SID) pixelating text within it's window? Chromium is not doing the same thing, so why it makes me think it's not a video card driver problem. I have this problem too. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=656021#20 They say new version of libcairo use some features in X which have had bugs for long time, but old version of libcairo didn't use these features. This bug have been submitted to upstream. -- Dale Harris rod...@maybe.org rod...@gmail.com /.-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120405181136.ga31...@arrr.med.cornell.edu -- Yes, I use Debian GNU/L wolf python london(WPL) Do as you soul should do ! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caa4othrjqlhey2d0u6vexxkzdgtelv1kyeye_yrskqnznne...@mail.gmail.com
Re: iceweasel drawing problems
On 06 Apr 2012, wolf python london wrote: On 6 April 2012 02:11, Dale Harris rod...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone else having problems with iceweasel (on SID) pixelating text within it's window? Chromium is not doing the same thing, so why it makes me think it's not a video card driver problem. I have this problem too. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=656021#20 They say new version of libcairo use some features in X which have had bugs for long time, but old version of libcairo didn't use these features. This bug have been submitted to upstream. I'm getting this on my laptop (radeon mobility X1400) but not my desktop (nvidia). But it's also something to do with the window manager: it happens with i3 but not with icewm. -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120406084708.ga9...@acampbell.org.uk
Re: iceweasel drawing problems
On 2012-04-06 10:47 +0200, Anthony Campbell wrote: On 06 Apr 2012, wolf python london wrote: On 6 April 2012 02:11, Dale Harris rod...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone else having problems with iceweasel (on SID) pixelating text within it's window? Chromium is not doing the same thing, so why it makes me think it's not a video card driver problem. I have this problem too. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=656021#20 They say new version of libcairo use some features in X which have had bugs for long time, but old version of libcairo didn't use these features. This bug have been submitted to upstream. I'm getting this on my laptop (radeon mobility X1400) but not my desktop (nvidia). Do you use the nvidia blob? With nouveau it is reproducible, see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=95 and siblings. But it's also something to do with the window manager: it happens with i3 but not with icewm. I'm using icewm here and had to downgrade libcairo* packages to 1.10.2-7 to stop the display corruptions in iceweasel. Cheers, Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87mx6p5djv@turtle.gmx.de
Re: iceweasel drawing problems
On 06 Apr 2012, Sven Joachim wrote: I'm getting this on my laptop (radeon mobility X1400) but not my desktop (nvidia). Do you use the nvidia blob? With nouveau it is reproducible, see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=95 and siblings. But it's also something to do with the window manager: it happens with i3 but not with icewm. I'm using icewm here and had to downgrade libcairo* packages to 1.10.2-7 to stop the display corruptions in iceweasel. Cheers, Sven Yes, you are right; I'm now getting it on icewm as well, though I think less frequently. AC -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120406143759.ga12...@acampbell.org.uk
iceweasel drawing problems
Anyone else having problems with iceweasel (on SID) pixelating text within it's window? Chromium is not doing the same thing, so why it makes me think it's not a video card driver problem. -- Dale Harris rod...@maybe.org rod...@gmail.com /.-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120405181136.ga31...@arrr.med.cornell.edu
Re: iceweasel drawing problems
On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 14:11:37 -0400, Dale Harris wrote: Anyone else having problems with iceweasel (on SID) pixelating text within it's window? Chromium is not doing the same thing, so why it makes me think it's not a video card driver problem. I have been having similar issues for a few days now, but they happen only sporadically. My guess is that the most recent version of libcairo2 has a problem with certain AMD video cards. Check out the screenshots here: http://bugs.debian.org/658252#37 -- Regards,| Florian | http://www.florian-kulzer.eu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120405194846.GA17940@isar.localhost
Re: iceweasel drawing problems
On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 02:11:37PM -0400, Dale Harris wrote: Anyone else having problems with iceweasel (on SID) pixelating text within it's window? Chromium is not doing the same thing, so why it makes me think it's not a video card driver problem. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=666736 -- Tom Low-Shang Cell 416 857 7013 Skype tomlowshang -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120405194943.ga5...@goblin.lowshang.com
Re: iceweasel drawing problems
Yeah, that is exactly what I'm seeing. Thanks. On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 09:48:46PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 14:11:37 -0400, Dale Harris wrote: Anyone else having problems with iceweasel (on SID) pixelating text within it's window? Chromium is not doing the same thing, so why it makes me think it's not a video card driver problem. I have been having similar issues for a few days now, but they happen only sporadically. My guess is that the most recent version of libcairo2 has a problem with certain AMD video cards. Check out the screenshots here: http://bugs.debian.org/658252#37 -- Regards,| Florian | http://www.florian-kulzer.eu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120405194846.GA17940@isar.localhost -- Dale Harris rod...@maybe.org rod...@gmail.com /.-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120405221059.gb31...@arrr.med.cornell.edu
Re: iceweasel drawing problems
On 06/04/12 04:11, Dale Harris wrote: Anyone else having problems with iceweasel (on SID) pixelating text within it's window? Chromium is not doing the same thing, so why it makes me think it's not a video card driver problem. Iceweasel 11.0-4~bpo60+1 in Squeeze doesn't have that problem. libcairo21.10.2-7~bpo60+1 libcairomm-1.0-1 1.8.4-3 Kind regards -- Iceweasel/Firefox/Chrome/Chromium/Iceape/IE extensions for finding answers to questions about Debian:- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/Scott_Ferguson/debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f7e2b76.5090...@gmail.com
