On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 11:14:13AM -0800, Benjamin Redelings I wrote:
> Hello all,
> I have been using the new X server packages, and have been quite happy,
> up through 4.0.1-10. However, when I ran gdm after installing 4.0.1-11,
> the image was missing - it was replaced in fact by a bit of a dilbert
> comic that I had been looking at when running 4.0.1-10. Also, no text
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Very interestingly, I experience a similar problem under the 4.0.1 X
server with the game X Scavenger (xscavenger). When Scavenger first starts
up, the outer borders of the window are leftover bits of comics that I've
been looking at. When I start the game, though, the screen is cleared and
everything goes to normal.
I've glanced over the source code of X Scavenger, and it appears to be a
problem with the screen-clearing routine. Perhaps an undocumented feature
(i.e., bug) of X 3.3.* that was "fixed" in 4.0.1? I suspect it's a 3.3.*
bug because Scavenger exhibits similar problems when compiled on a Solaris
workstation -- which leads me to suspect that it's relying on an old
(broken) behaviour of the X libraries. If so, then I'd file a bug against
gdm. (But of course, I didn't spend much time to look into this, so I
might be totally off to lunch here.)
I also use a SiS chipset, but it's the 6326 not the 86C326 (or are they
the same thing?). I'm not sure if this problem is chipset-specific, but I
don't know for sure.
T
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