Screen in editors get corrupted

[Paweł Szafer]

Hello,
Since Ubuntu 13.10 I've got problem with displaying text in editors such Geany and Eclipse.

Attached screenshot shows how Eclipse look after opening.
To see regular window I need to drag&drop window by mouse, resize it and it get rendered properly.

When typing text and inputting new line in Eclipse then text in text editor section dissapears. Only way is to scroll down and up in editor by mouse and text showing back.
Other get around is CTRL+A select all text and it is visible again.

In Geany, while scrolling, text is not showing at all (it looks like nothing happened - old text is visible all time). After scrolling it needs to select everything I see in window to show it.

I don't really know if this bug is related to Xorg or other package. I think that Eclipse and Geany could using same engine to rendering text and it is somehow buggy in this version of Ubuntu.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu6
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-999-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Thu Nov 21 08:28:29 2013
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: saucy
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 vboxhost, 4.3.0_BETA2, 3.11.0-13-generic, x86_64: installed
 vboxhost, 4.3.0_BETA2, 3.11.0-999-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. N56VZ [1043:2103]
 NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 650M] [10de:0fd1] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. N56VZ [1043:2103]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-11 (70 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130903)
MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. N56VZ
MarkForUpload: True
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.11.0-999-generic root=UUID=fe207d36-e199-4ff7-9e17-7ab0d374b8fa ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/06/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: N56VZ.216
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: N56VZ
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrN56VZ.216:bd12/06/2012:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnN56VZ:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnN56VZ:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: N56VZ
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.10+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.46+git20130910.58d00888-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.2.1-1ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.2.1-1ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.14.3-3ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.2.99~git20130816.d0323622-0ubuntu0smartboyhw
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.905+git20131023.b70390b4-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.9+git20130730.300c5a32-0ubuntu0sarvatt
xserver.bootTime: Thu Nov 21 07:35:56 2013
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
 product id 12620
 vendor SEC
xserver.version: 2:1.14.3-3ubuntu2

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

do you see the same with stock ubuntu, you are using edgers..

[Paweł Szafer (pszafer)]

yes!
sudo ppa-purge xorg-edgers solved the problem.

I installed xorg-edgers because of trying to get HDMI port working in my laptop.
I didn't think that would made this sort of problem.

Thank You Timo :)

[Paweł Szafer (pszafer)]

Sorry, I was happy to fast.
Problem still occurs, how can I determine for sure (to you) that I ppa-purge uninstalled xorg-edgers correctly?

[Chris Wilson (ickle)]

Also xorg-edgers appears to be quite old.

[Paweł Szafer (pszafer)]

Hello,
It seems that without xorg-edgers there is some progress. In Geany everything seems to be all right.
In Eclipse after start it comes view like in screenshot but after about 5 seconds it refreshing itself and looking good.

When typing text in Eclipse problem still occurs...

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