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[roland aus köln <devzero@xxxxxx>]

just sent this mail to three of the developers i found in the xserver-
xorg-video-nouveau package.

now i found this bug after i know what i needed to search for (i was
wondering why there was no bugreport and so i searched harder)


> Hi, 
> 
> i`m using a ubuntu based distro (mint) and having issues with graphics after installing it on older PC`s.
> 
> icons or other graphics elements are missing, for example in the file explorer or in the xfce4 welcome screen
> 
> as i have several older graphics cards, i recognized that the problem only appeared on older nvidia geforce graphics cards
> 
> i spent two hours digging into this and found, that it`s a known upstream issue and resolved:
> 
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51477
> 
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/nouveau/2014-August/018271.html
> 
> Could you please consider including this tiny but effective fix into current supported releases, i.e. put that into xf86-video-nouveau ?
> 
> I have taken a look at the source of 1.0.10 and it seems there is no need for "backporting" this fix, i.e. the fix should also work for 1.0.10 wihout to much programming effort.
> 
> I think especially all users of older hardware with nvidia geforce and lighteweight ubuntu based distro like mint xfce, lubunut, xubuntu will be very happy about this...
> 
> thank you!


** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #51477
   https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51477

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/748184

Title:
  [nouveau] Text alpha blending is broken with nouveau

Status in xserver-xorg-video-nouveau package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: compiz

  Where just the font should be fading out, the whole window decoration
  becomes transparent where the font should be and you can see through
  the decoration to what ever is below the title bar. See the attached
  screen-shot.

  I'm using libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental and the nouveau driver.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: compiz-gnome 1:0.9.4git20110322-0ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  Date: Sat Apr  2 12:45:13 2011
  DistroCodename: natty
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/unity-window-decorator
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110326)
  InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110326)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=de:en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=de_DE.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
  SourcePackage: compiz
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.1-0ubuntu3
  version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu1

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