Solution: Apparently, this error is not caused by vim itself. It seems to be a malfunctioning interplay between GNOME 3 and the NVIDIA drivers. Reverting to GNOME Classic solved the problem.
Best regards Ole On Monday, January 21, 2013 4:31:22 PM UTC+1, Ole Juul Andersen wrote: > Hi. > > After installing the correct drivers for my graphics card (NVIDIA GeForce 560 > Ti) in Fedora 16, I have started getting the same error as this guy in this 3 > year old post. > > http://vim.1045645.n5.nabble.com/Screen-not-redrawing-on-search-td1179636.html > > It does not seem that any solution was found, and an extensive google search > did not help me. I have access to three identical, brand new computers, and > the error is reproducible. Before installing the correct drivers, still using > the basic nouveau drivers, search in vi with syntax highlighting works > perfect, but after installing the proper drivers, the error occurs. > > Any help would be much appreciated, as I am going crazy whenever using vi. I > am aware of the option to press Ctrl+L to redraw the screen, however, this is > not very pleasent upon heavy and long-term use. Furthermore, uninstalling the > new driver is also not an option, at it is needed for other programs on the > computer. > > Best regards > Ole -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
