problem with genome graphics

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

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?


Cheers / Saludos,

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

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

Might have been modified somehow…

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


XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS

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.

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

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).