From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Roel Janssen Subject: Re: Xorg tearing fix on Intel HD Graphics 4000 Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2017 10:31:38 +0200 Message-ID: <87k24031ud.fsf@gnu.org> References: <877f053hc7.fsf@gnu.org> <87k24539rz.fsf@elephly.net> <87d19xwjxe.fsf@gnu.org> <87h8z9jlvk.fsf@netris.org> <87vank7h4x.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54168) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dP2xO-0005Xh-Qv for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jun 2017 04:31:47 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dP2xJ-00081l-UU for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jun 2017 04:31:46 -0400 In-reply-to: <87vank7h4x.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Chris Marusich Cc: guix-devel Chris Marusich writes: > Mark H Weaver 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. Unless every other piece of software (GTK+, GNOME, Qt) have worked around the bug somehow.. Then it might be a Xorg thing after all. But this seems to be unlikely. Kind regards, Roel Janssen