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[Robert Simmons <714804@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel

This is a bug that I found reported to KDE's bugzilla that affects me.
In rekonq if you have desktop effects on (KDE 4.6.0/Kubuntu 10.10),
specifically the shadow and blur effects, the wrench menu in the upper
right corner does not draw when you click the wrench.  The menu is
there, but it is invisible.  The submenus appear when you mouse over
them.  Also, the right click menu does the same thing.

Now, this bug was reported on KDE and later closed because it was solved by an upgrade of the xf86-video-intel driver to 2.14.0.  Once the driver is updated to that version the problem dissapears according to the last post at the end of that bug report.  The report is here (along with all the duplicates):
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=247839

Duplicates:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=256363
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=253938
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=255175
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=262855
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=259608

I tried to verify that this is true by upgrading my own intel driver to 2.14.0, but I ran into a problem when I installed the driver.  So, I asked for help on the driver's mailing list.  That request is here:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/intel-gfx/2011-January/009265.html

The response to this request was silence.  Noone even acknowledged that
I asked a question on the list.

So, then I posted the same question here on launchpad because I figured that someone here would have had experience installing the 2.14.0 driver or compiling it etc.  That question is here:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+question/142372

The response to that question also was silence. As if I had not even
asked the question at all.

Then I figured that I might try asking someone who clearly HAS compiled
2.14.0 and installed it successfully.  So, i contacted that canonical
programmer who compiled the version of this driver in the unofficial
PPA.

Again, silence.  Not even acknowledgement that I had sent him an email.

So, here I am opening a bug about this.  Hopefully someone will at least
look at this bug report.  The KDE people were very responsive, but the
problem was not with KDE.

I also noticed that natty is now using 2.14.0 so if someone can confirm
that Kubuntu natty does not exhibit this bug, that would be great.  Then
the package in maverick should be updated to 2.14.0

My setup is
Kubuntu 10.10
KDE 4.6.0
xf86-video-intel 2.12.0

** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Menus in KDE do not get drawn properly