Comment 4 for bug 367746

... and finally the Xorg.0.log.old file. All of the above, I should mentioned were done while staring at a messed-up screen with the striation I described - this time by switching users from me to my wife and back to me again.

Thanks again for your attention to this.

Related, but somewhat off-topic: Is the proprietary VIA driver something for me to look into in your opinion, or no? Bear in mind that I have NO positive experiences compiling from source...