Re: Funky Display Output

[Chavdar Ivanov <ci4ic4%gmail.com@localhost>]

With these two settings now kdm, xdm and slim work as expected;
previously the username and the password echo did not show properly.
Now my Intel graphics works rather well. I get hangs only when I run
some of the xscreensaver demos in full screen mode, rendering the
mouse/keyboard unresponsive - but the power off button brings orderly
shutdown.

On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 at 14:11, Ron Georgia <netverbs%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> Update:
> Using "modesetting" did clear up the issue.
> Keeping the Driver as "intel" and setting "TearFree" to "true" with "AccelMethod" set to "sna" also worked.
> Not sure how this email group looks on adding links to emails. I found some info on TearFree and sna on askubuntu and the Archlinux wiki.
>
> Here's a good resource for explaining a little about TearFree and sna. (archlinux wiki, search intel_graphics#Tearing)
>
>
> On 4/12/19, 5:08 AM, "Benny Siegert" <bsiegert%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
>     I don't think this is related to xf86. I started seeing these issues
>     when upgrading my kernel to the latest version while keeping all the
>     userland as is. So I assume it is related to an updated Intel kernel
>     driver.
>
>     I haven't tried but perhaps the "NoTear" option to the Xorg intel
>     driver would help?
>
>     On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 11:39 PM matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost> wrote:
>     >
>     > i am fairly sure the new display glitches you are seeing are
>     > related to the newer xf86-video-intel driver.
>     >
>     > can people who are seeing issues not related to GL/Mesa try
>     > forcing the "modesetting" driver instead?  see if that makes
>     > things go away?  i am probably going to revert the driver in
>     > -current until someone fixes the new one, and perhaps make
>     > the new one optional since it works better for me on
>     > kabylake, but it would be nice to know if modesetting helps
>     > fix some problems.
>     >
>     > thanks.
>     >
>     >
>     > .mrg.
>
>
>
>     --
>     Benny
>
>
>


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