Some applications don't redraw their windows correctly when using xserver-xorg-video-intel
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
After updating from 19.04 to 19.10 I noted that some apps don't redraw their window(s) correctly. Affected apps include (it seems) all Qt-based apps (including KDE and VirtualBox), as well as firefox/
Unaffected apps include emacs, chrome, xterm.
The symptom is that an affected app will only redraw its window when another X window redraws its window. If there is no other window, then the app's window is not redrawn at all.
This is best illustrated with a video, which shows the problem using konsole and kpat (both KDE apps) :-
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I am using the intel graphics driver (no graphics card).
Other info as requested below :-
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 19.10
Release: 19.10
$ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg
xserver-xorg:
Installed: 1:7.7+19ubuntu12
Candidate: 1:7.7+19ubuntu12
Version table:
*** 1:7.7+19ubuntu12 500
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: xorg (not installed)
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.3.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Wed Oct 30 11:50:09 2019
DistUpgraded: 2019-10-21 13:25:02,550 DEBUG Running PostInstallScript: './xorg_
DistroCodename: eoan
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 6.0.14, 5.3.0-19-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 [8086:1912] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd HD Graphics 530 [1458:d000]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-02 (1396 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To be filled by O.E.M.
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to eoan on 2019-10-21 (8 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 07/23/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F2
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: Z170X-Gaming 5
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmerican
dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.sku: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
modified.
# set this to 0 to disable apport, or to 1 to enable it
# you can temporarily override this with
# sudo service apport start force_start=1
#enabled=1
enabled=0
mtime.conffile.
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.99-1ubuntu1
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affects: | xorg (Ubuntu) → xorg-server (Ubuntu) |
You seem to be using FVWM and the old Intel driver (not the current one). So I would try eliminating those as possible causes.
1. Does the bug also occur in Gnome Shell Xorg sessions? (log into 'Ubuntu')
2. Please edit or move or delete /etc/X11/xorg.conf so that Xorg does not load the 'intel' driver. We would prefer it to load the newer 'modeset' driver.