[ltp] Re: XFree86 fill problems

[Alan Hourihane]

On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 12:20:23PM -0500, Carl Nygard wrote:
> 
> I've got a Thinkpad T40 running Fedora Core 1 (XFree86-4.3.0-42) and the
> VESA framebuffer (not sure that matters).  When I run the attached
> simple program, I get problems with the fills when using Stipples.  The
> whole object in question isn't filled properly if it hangs off the left
> edge of the window.
> 
> Running this on my RH9 box (XFree86-4.3.0-2) works fine.  When run on
> RH9 but displaying on my laptop, it's broke.
> 
> I don't know if this is an XF86 bug, a packaging bug, or what else?  See
> attached code.  I've got pictures, but they're about 700K combined, I
> didn't want to spam the list(s) unless someone wants to see my output.
> 
> The odd thing I noticed just now is that if I move the window, the fill
> pattern gets better, as if the root window dimensions are somehow
> involved in whether the fill is processed properly.  If I move the
> window far enough toward the center of the screen so that the objects
> would fit on the root window (ignoring the app window boundaries), then
> things work fine.
> 
> It also displays fine if I use solid fills.
> 
> Even odder is that it works if there is another window on top.  I
> discovered this with the Gimp acquire tear-off menu, but it works as
> well with gnome-terminal.
> 
> Can someone enlighten me?  This seems to be a serious issue.  

Can you try XFree86 4.4.0 ?

Alan.