[PLUG] gnome window content display problems, Intel video on DellD620, Karmic upgrade

Joe Shisei Niski joeniski at easystreet.net
Fri Dec 11 20:05:06 UTC 2009


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i upgraded my Dell D620 (work) laptop Jaunty from to Karmic (32-bit).

Video hardware according to lspci is: Intel Corporation Mobile 
945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

kernel 2.6.31-16

i had the "white screen of death" problem after the upgrade, which was 
fixed after installing xserver-xorg-video-intel from the recovery console.

Now i have a really frustrating problem of window content not displaying 
properly in lists and tabs. Specifically:

- lists, such as in the "Processes" tab of System Monitor, or Nautilus 
windows in list view, or the list of apps in Startup Manager, don't 
display correctly. They generally apprear blank, and i need to drag the 
mouse over the content area to display the contents - and the display 
doesn't "stick" reliably. It seems like the content area isn't updating 
properly (System Monitor updates the Processes tab frequently, so the 
display blanks shortly after i move the mouse over it to force things to 
display).

- Some apps that support multiple tabbed documents (gedit, gnome 
terminal) display ok with only one doc/tab, but show the same behavior 
as lists as soon as a second tab/document is opened.

Googling hasn't turned up anything. Suggestions most welcome. i'd like 
to avoid a clean install on this machine.

Joe
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Joe Shisei Niski
Portland, Oregon, USA



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