12.x and SandyBridge gfx

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#1

Hi,

I was used the OpenSuse at the past until the v.12.1, I had no major issues, but at one time I changed the m/board
(ASRock H67m-itx, i5-2500) of my system and I had issues with suspend/resume due to a buggy BIOS.

Around a couple of weeks ago the ASRock issued a new BIOS - mainly to support Ivy Bridge.
In fact this version of BIOS fixed a lot of issues that I had with some distros (inc. OpenSuse).
So, I tested the 12.2 milestone 3 on a spare HDD and I noticed that the suspend/resume issues are gone, but
there were some gfx issues mainly on drop down menus of the menus of the Applicaton Launcher (I am using the KDE desktop) : Before opening a menu I see a black shape of that menu, then I see the menu as it , the whole process is very quick, but its noticeable.

To say the truth, I don’t have this issue with Kubuntu/Fedora/Salix so its not a problem of the KDE.
I also searched the net but found no bug report, so I wonder if it’s a problem with the Intel driver of OpenSuse…

Any ideas?

Thanx

#2

You might want to compare xorg, mesa, and intel driver versions compared to the distros that work for you. That way you can see if one or the other is newer and it might be a regression in a newer version. Then you can report the bug to opensuse or upstream to xorg devs.

#3

thank you mate for the info.

I just tried (just boot from the USB media) the live 12.2 beta (KDE) and the menus etc were displayed without any problem!
I am looking forward to install the final version…

#4

Since the majority of the sandybridge discussion appears to be on versions of openSUSE newer than the current 12.1, I’m going to move this entire thread to our pre-release beta subforum area.

Pre-Release/Beta

This move could take over 30 minutes. I ask that both our forum users and NNTP users do not post on this thread, until after the move is complete. I will post when the move is complete. I need to wait for this warning post to make it through the NNTP gateway, before I can start the move process.

#5

thank you mate for the info.

I just tried (just boot from the USB media) the live 12.2 beta (KDE) and the menus etc were displayed without any problem!
I am looking forward to install the final version…

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The above was originally posted in our Looking For Something Other Than Support? area. I have moved here to our beta-pre-release area.

This thread is now open again for posting by any webbased or NNTP users who wish to comment on the Sandybridge graphics on openSUSE-12.x.

Thankyou for your understanding during this thread move.

#6

in a terminal enter


sudo zypper in mesa

for the kde desktop to really sing mesa needs to be installed and it is not by default. the drivers are contained in the kernel so as long as the kernels are the same the distro should make no difference

#7

thank you mate, I will note this in the future.
As I wrote I tested the beta 12.2 and the menus work like charm! I just installed it, too, on a spare HDD , no problems at all!