problem with genome graphics

s4syed · August 9, 2012, 10:54am

Hi,

I just installed suse genome on my desktop. The gui display is ‘scrambled’ see: http://i46.tinypic.com/2w7e14o.png. Can some body give a clue what is happening?

Thanks,
Syed

robin_listas · August 9, 2012, 11:48am

On 2012-08-09 10:56, s4syed wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I just installed suse genome on my desktop.

Version?

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 “Asparagus” GM (bombadillo))

s4syed · August 9, 2012, 12:12pm

It is suse 12.1.
graphics card: intel integrated graphics card

please_try_again · August 9, 2012, 10:34pm

Might have been modified somehow…

s4syed · August 10, 2012, 10:22am

Adding the following in the .bashrc file got rid of the problem


XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS

please_try_again · August 10, 2012, 10:31am

Can you tell us more about this? Where did you find this hack? Would you please post a link to a page with a possible explanation?
BTW I would export such a variable in the X init file, not in .bashrc.

s4syed · August 10, 2012, 3:07pm

A colleague of mine suggested this solution. Some details can be found at HyperWorks Desktop User’s Guide

please_try_again · August 10, 2012, 6:17pm

This is an interesting workaround because it bypasses compositing on a per application basis . It seems that you can use it to turn off compositing entirely for gnome-shell (for example by setting this variable in your environment, as you did) , which would be otherwise not possible (disabling compositing is actually one of several ways to enforce gnome fallback).