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opensourcecat

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amule giving strange glitches on the desktop
« on: October 17, 2007, 11:19:49 AM »
Hi all
I don't know if it is an amule problem or a fglrx/X/wxgtk problem but just wanted to notify it to the amule community:

opensuse10.3 amule version from packman (aMule CVS Snapshot: Thu Sep 27 07:01:54 CEST 2007) latest fglrx from repos.

When amule is started, with or without icon, after a while a strange things come up to the desktop, see the shots on this link:

http://brigaglia.gotdns.com/~tore/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=278

After they come up there's no way to get rid of them but restarting X.

What can it be?

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lfroen

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Re: amule giving strange glitches on the desktop
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2007, 04:20:56 PM »
What does it have to do with amule?! Looks like video driver or X problem
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Re: amule giving strange glitches on the desktop
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2007, 06:31:51 PM »
Well... since it happens only when i start aMule, thought someone here had the same problem and maybe knows a solution or a workaround...
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Re: amule giving strange glitches on the desktop
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2007, 09:34:15 AM »
I have the same problem (SLAMD64, ATI X700, latest fglrx driver).
I noticed it with aMule but I'm not sure that aMule is the only applications...

I will check.

Anyway to come back to previous driver version for me is the best solution!

Bye,
  Mr Hyde
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mr_hyde

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Re: amule giving strange glitches on the desktop
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2007, 10:54:58 PM »
Ok, I have to confirm: at moment the problem is visible only with aMule application (now I'm using CVS 20071112).

Anyway aMule is the only application that uses wxWidgets.

I'll try to build some other application based on wxWidgets to check if there is some strange incompatibility with latest ATI driver.

Bye,
  Mr Hyde
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Re: amule giving strange glitches on the desktop
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2007, 10:11:42 PM »
Just an update: I noticed that I have the problem only with aMule window maximixed.

I tired  another app based on wxWidgets (BOINC) but this does not cause any problem.

I don't know if this cab be relevant, anyway I use KDE.

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  Mr Hyde
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Re: amule giving strange glitches on the desktop
« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2007, 09:39:49 PM »
Ok, non aMule problem (obviously!) And not a wxWidget problems.

To solve the problem I used latest ATI fglrx drivers (version numbering changed: now these drivers are called "7.11"... Ubuntu-style???)  AND the following option in xorg.conf:

Section "Device"
   Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]"
   Driver      "fglrx"
   Option      "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
EndSection

Bye,
  Mr Hyde
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