Is it x-org edgers?

[Fintan]

A few days ago I ran an update where a lot of stuff from x-org edgers was updated.

since then i have a non-responsive mouse, gimp, inkscape, firefox, TB and others crash kwin (KDE).

Windows flicker when the mouse is moved. When running a FTP session with filezilla the plasma panels flick in sync with the upload speed.

The cursor is non responsive when typing. I mean anywhere. Here (FF), Kate, LibreOffice.

This is bugging the hell out of to the point where I can hardly work.

What to do / look for?

[HalationEffect]

I'm using Xorg-Edgers, and I've experienced many of the same issues you have in the last few days. The problems seem to be a result of SNA being enabled by default... SNA isn't quite ready for prime-time IMO.

I've fixed most of the problems by creating an xorg.conf in /etc/X11 with the following contents:

Section "Device"
         Identifier "intel"
         Driver "intel"
         Option "AccelMethod" "uxa"
EndSection

[Fintan]

Thank you for that. Just a quicky. I have two grafic cards and am not using prop. drivers:

fintan@fintanws2:/home$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b5)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Seymour [Radeon HD 6400M Series]
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)
0d:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT5390 [802.11 b/g/n 1T1R G-band PCI Express Single Chip]
13:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5116 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
fintan@fintanws2:/home$

Will this xorg.conf deal with both?
Doesn't look like it.

[HalationEffect]

From what I've been able to find out from lots of googling, the problem only seems to occur with Intel graphics using SNA as the acceleration method, so in theory, when you're using your Radeon graphics the problem shouldn't happen at all.

[Fintan]

I applied your xorg.conf and it seems to be behaving. Thank you

......so in theory, when you're using your Radeon graphics the problem shouldn't happen at all.

I wish I knew when I am using the Radeon card

[Fintan]

It is still a bit flickery and writing mails with TB continues to be a pain. Have to change GTK settings in system settings to clearlook or other than oxygen-gtk. Which makes certain windows look terrible. Not happy for the moment.

[HalationEffect]

Yeah, I'm still seeing some graphical issues as well, particularly with the few GTK programs that I use. Even some KDE stuff is flaky, such as the Quick Access plasmoid not always being drawn correctly.

I'll put up with it until 12.10 is officially released. Once I have that installed, I'll evaluate whether the stock Intel drivers seem OK... if I don't notice any real issues I won't bother with Xorg-Edgers.

[Fintan]

I hear you. Don't really have much choice except for PPA purge and that does not always work

[HalationEffect]

I'm having definite feelings of ambivalence toward Intel HD graphics. One the one hand, I appreciate that the drivers are open source, much kudos to Intel for that.

However, it's over a year and a half since Sandy Bridge was launched, and the drivers are still very much a work in progress... which is annoying as hell.

[Fintan]

Ditto that, but what to do?

[HalationEffect]

but what to do?

My plan is to save my pennies and buy an Nvidia card.

It's a bit of a bummer that my PC will almost certainly need a PSU upgrade (it only has an el cheapo 300W no-name PSU) before I can add a graphics card* though.

* It may well be able to handle a very low-end card without a PSU upgrade... but the way I see it is if I'm going to buy a graphics card, I might as well save up a bit longer so I can get one actually worth having. I'm eyeing a GTX-460 card... with any luck I'll be able to get it (along with a better PSU) in the new year sales.