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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
To: Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org>
Cc: guix-devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Xorg tearing fix on Intel HD Graphics 4000
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2017 07:38:47 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87efu8i9fc.fsf@netris.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k24031ud.fsf@gnu.org> (Roel Janssen's message of "Sun, 25 Jun 2017 10:31:38 +0200")

Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org> writes:

> Chris Marusich writes:
>
>> Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> writes:
>>
>>> However, your proposed workaround is not a proper fix, and I don't think
>>> we should apply it system-wide in Guix.
>>
>> Can you elaborate on why it is not a proper fix?  It isn't obvious to
>> me.
>
> Because it changes Xorg in order to fix a bug in Emacs.  A proper fix
> would be in Emacs.

I'm not sure the bug is in Emacs.  That was only a guess based on my
limited personal experience.  Having read a bit more, I now think it's
more likely to be a problem in the Intel driver, but these are only
guesses in an area where my knowledge is weak.

      Mark

  reply	other threads:[~2017-06-25 11:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-06-21  7:55 Xorg tearing fix on Intel HD Graphics 4000 Roel Janssen
2017-06-21 10:38 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2017-06-21 13:26   ` Roel Janssen
2017-06-21 16:27     ` Kei Kebreau
2017-06-21 17:23     ` Mark H Weaver
2017-06-21 22:21       ` Roel Janssen
2017-06-21 23:23         ` William
2017-06-25 11:59           ` Marius Bakke
2017-06-25 17:13             ` Roel Janssen
2017-06-25 17:39               ` Marius Bakke
2017-06-25  5:47       ` Chris Marusich
2017-06-25  8:31         ` Roel Janssen
2017-06-25 11:38           ` Mark H Weaver [this message]
2017-06-25 11:08         ` Mark H Weaver
2017-08-07 21:48           ` Clément Lassieur
2017-06-25  5:46     ` Chris Marusich
2017-06-25  8:28       ` Roel Janssen
2017-07-20  2:43         ` Chris Marusich
2017-07-20 10:57           ` Roel Janssen
2017-06-23 18:00 ` Christopher Baines
2017-06-26  8:55 ` Andy Wingo
2017-06-27 17:43   ` Mark H Weaver
2017-06-28  8:24     ` Andy Wingo
2017-06-28 18:14       ` Mark H Weaver

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