After upgrading to x11-base/xorg-server-1.0.99.2, some of the text in various X applications disappear. Examples are in window manager menus (tried fluxbox and KDE), firefox, gvim (with gtk2 gui) and conky. Terminals (xterm and mlterm) work fine. In firefox, the text sometimes reappear after moving the cursor or highlighting the text. Downgrading to xorg-server-1.0.2-r3 solved the problem. emerge --info: Portage 2.1_pre7-r5 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.6, glibc-2.4-r1, 2.6.16-ck3 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.16-ck3 i686 AMD Duron(tm) Processor Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre17 dev-lang/python: 2.4.2-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r4 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-g -Os -march=athlon-tbird -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /usr/share/genkernel/x86 /usr/share/zsh /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/X11/serverconfig /etc/X11/starthere /etc/X11/sysconfig /etc/eselect/compiler /etc/games /etc/gconf /etc/gnome-vfs-2.0 /etc/hotplug /etc/init.d /etc/sound /etc/splash /etc/ssl /etc/svgalib /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/scripts /etc/xdg /usr/lib/X11 /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-g -Os -march=athlon-tbird -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig candy ccache confcache digest distlocks metadata-transfer nostrip parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/gentoo/ ftp:///ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ http://gentoo.tiscali.nl/gentoo/ http://www.gigaload.org/gentoo.org/ http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/" LANG="he_IL.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LINGUAS="he" MAKEOPTS="-j1" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/usr/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow X a52 aac aalib aavm acl acpi alsa amd apm arts artswrappersuid artworkextra asf audiofile avi berkdb bidi bitmap-fonts browserplugin bzip2 cairo cdb cddb cdparanoia cdr crypt css cups dbus dga dillo directfb divx4linux djvu doc dri dv dvd dvdr dvdread dvi editor eds emboss encode erandom faac faad fame fbcon ffmpeg foomaticdb freetype gd gdbm ggi gif glep glibc-omitfp gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml hal idn ieee1394 imagemagick imlib imlib2 immqt infopipe isdnlog ithreads java javascript jbig jikes jpeg kde latex libg++ libwww linuxthreads-tls lzo mad maildir mailwrapper mbox mikmod mjpeg mmx mmxext motif moznocompose moznoirc moznomail mozsvg mp3 mpeg ncurses network new-login nls nntp nocd nowin nptl nptlonly nsplugin nvidia offensive ogg oggvorbis openal opengl oss pam pango pcre pdf pdflib perl perlsuid plotutils png ppds pppd python qt qt4 quicktime readline sdl server speex spell ssl svga t1lib tcltk tcpd tetex theora threads tiff tools truetype truetype-fonts type1 type1-fonts unicode usb userlocales uudeview v4l2 vcd vim-with-x vorbis win32codecs wmf wxwin wxwindows xatrix xcomposite xface xine xml xml2 xmms xprint xrandr xscreensaver xv xvid zlib elibc_glibc input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse kernel_linux linguas_he userland_GNU video_cards_vga video_cards_vesa video_cards_fbdev video_cards_nv video_cards_nvidia" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL
same here (got another linux machine with same use flags & prescott cpu with slightly different cflags will post emerge --info from it tomorrow) Portage 2.1_pre7-r5 (default-linux/x86/2005.1, gcc-4.1.0, glibc-2.4-r1, 2.6.17-rc1 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.17-rc1 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.40GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre17 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5, 2.4.2-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/eselect/compiler /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LINGUAS="en_GB eu ie uk us" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://192.168.2.10/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X a52 aac acpi aim alsa asf atk audacious avi berkdb bitmap-fonts blender-game bluetooth bonobo boo bootsplash cacheemu cairo calendar canna cap caps cdb cdda cddb cdf cdinstall cdio cdparanoia cdrom cg chroot clamav clamd clanJavaScript clanVoice cle266 cpdflib cpudetection cracklib crypt css cups curlwrappers dbus dedicated dhcp dri dv dvb dvd dvdr dvdread dvi dxr3 edl effects elf encode enscript epiphany escreen etwin evo evolution ext-iiimf ext-png ext-zlib fame fat ffmpeg fftw firefox flash font-server fontconfig foomaticdb fortran ftp fuse gb gd gd-external gdb gdbm gif gimp gimpprint ginac glade glitz glx gmail gmailtimestamps gnome gnome-print gnomecanvas gnomedb gphoto2 gpm gps grammar graphicsmagick graphviz gstreamer gtk gtk2 gzip hal hddtemp hfs howl iconv icq icu id3 image imagemagick imap imlib imlib2 ipv6 irssi isdnlog jabber java-external joystick jp2 jpeg jpeg2k justify kerberos krb4 ladcca ladspa lame latex ldapsam libg++ libwww mad mcal md5sum mhash mikmod mime mjpeg mmx mmxext mono motif mozilla mozsvg mp3 mp4live mpeg mpeg2 mpeg4 mpi mplayer msn music musicbrainz nautilus ncurses net network nfs nls nptl nptlonly ntfs nvidia offensive ogg oggvorbis openal opengl openntpd openssh openssl pam pam-mysql pam_chroot pam_console pam_timestamp pascal pdflib perl png pnp posix povray ppds pppd prelude python quicktime quotas rar readline recode samba sasl sdl speedo speex spell sse sse-filters sse2 ssl subtitles t1lib tcpd theora threads tidy timidity tokenizer transcode truetype truetype-fonts type1 type1-fonts vorbis win32codecs wv xchat xinerama xinetd xml xml2 xmms xosd xpm xprint xscreensaver xv yv12 zlib elibc_glibc kernel_linux linguas_en_GB linguas_eu linguas_ie linguas_uk linguas_us userland_GNU" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, MAKEOPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
I also have this problem. It looks like both of those above me use the nVidia driver, which I also use. If I use the nv driver, the problem disappears. Downgrading xorg-server also fixes the issue. According to http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=65564 , this is a problem with nVidia's custom driver and changes in the newer xorg-server. It seems that the onus is on nVidia to make the necessary changes. emerge --info: Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre17 Portage 2.1_pre7-r5 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.6, glibc-2.4-r1, 2.6.16-gentoo-r2 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.16-gentoo-r2 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1500MHz dev-lang/python: 2.3.5, 2.4.2-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" ACCEPT_LICENSE="" ANT_HOME="/usr/share/ant-core" ARCH="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" BASH_ENV="/etc/spork/is/not/valid/profile.env" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -funroll-loops -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CLASSPATH="." CLEAN_DELAY="5" COLORTERM="rxvt-xpm" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutd own /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/eselect/compiler /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/env.d" CVS_RSH="ssh" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -funroll-loops -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISPLAY=":0.0" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" E17_ECVS_SERVER="anoncvs.enlightenment.org:/var/cvs/e" EDITOR="/bin/nano" ELIBC="glibc" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--verbose --nospinner" EMERGE_WARNING_DELAY="10" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks fixpackages metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" FETCHCOMMAND="/usr/bin/wget -t 5 --passive-ftp -P ${DISTDIR} ${URI}" FLTK_DOCDIR="/usr/share/doc/fltk-1.1.7/html" GCC_SPECS="" GDK_USE_XFT="1" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo" 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LS_COLORS="no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:su=37;41:sg=30;43:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=0 1;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rp m=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=0 1;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.ogm=01 ;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:* 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The driver-server ABI broke from 1.0 to 1.0.99/1.1, so any driver that works with 1.0 will be broken in numerous ways with 1.1. Please test with a driver designed to work with 1.1.
Recompiled nvidia drivers no good Switch to nv driver & works now. Guess i use nv driver till nvidia updaates theres to new abi
You can't recompile the nvidia driver, it's distributed in binary form. You can just recompile the kernel module.
Has a bug report been filed to nvidia? I guess they should know that there's a problem.. PS:I'm also using nvidia and having the same problem..
They are well aware of the problem.
Well, the solution then is to (ab)use their support resources in a way that forces them to actualy do something :) I've already sent them a message asking for support for xorg 1.1 or to release the sources.. If everyone does the same, they will eventually either shutdown the support area or actualy solve the problem.. PS: I hope they don't get offended by seing this.. I've sent them the link to this bug report..
Just wanted to add that this issue also appears to affect i855GM and i865GM video cards. Both of these cards use the i915/i810 drivers.
(In reply to comment #9) > Just wanted to add that this issue also appears to affect i855GM and i865GM > video cards. Both of these cards use the i915/i810 drivers. > I'm using i855GM without an issue. What platform are you on, and what version of server, mesa, driver and kernel?
By the way, are the proprietary ATI drivers working ok? Is the problem only with nvidia? By the way, I got an answer from their linux support. They say that the problem will be probably solved in the 1.0.9x branch of their drivers. They didn't give me any date though..
(In reply to comment #11) > By the way, are the proprietary ATI drivers working ok? Is the problem only > with nvidia? I believe ATI drivers are also not functioning properly. The ATI open source drivers are in much better shape, but that's no help to those with newer cards.
