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On 26/10/14 10:28, dAgeCKo wrote:
Package: gnome-shell
Version: 3.14.0-1
Severity: critical
Debian: Testing amd64
Regression: Yes
gnome-session: 3.14.0-2
_Sometimes_ (it seems it is a constant for gnome-shell bugs), the response to
the user actions and the rendering happens hazardously: the user action might
not be taken into account (keybord, mouse move or clock) and the graphics might
not be updated, or not well updated, resulting for the end user to do wrong
actions. This is very grave since we can 'think' doing the good action, but
wrongly. We can then loose data, corrupt them, or even a full system. Note that
all programs happening under gnome-shell are subject to these bugs.
Please note that this has nothing to do with other upper programs (like xorg or
gtk and so on) since there is no user-input or rendering issues under XFCE for
example.
First example: Trying to write an email threw icedove under gnome-shell can be
very painful. Sometimes, characters are not displayed, I must do another input
action so that the enter character might be displayed.
This is the same for mouse actions: scrolling the window, clicking... can become
the worst hardwork ever met on Debian ever.
Another example: launching a terminal under gnome-shell (ie xterm, because
gnome-terminal is even worst), and using aptitude can be completly hazardous to
the user point of view. Going up or down might look like it did not work,
resulting in installing/uninstalling/updating unwanted programs. Or a sub-tree
might not be displayed...
Another example: surfing on the internet with iceweasel might also be completly
hazardous or slow looking. Pages might be rendered with waves (portions of the
page might be moving, or not updated), clicking on a tab might not work and
refreshing the page, might even not resolves the bug.
Last example: moving threw the virtual desktops (ctrl-alt-up or down) might
display half of the previous desktop and half of the next one. Generally, with
this bug, ctrl-alt-f1 and ctrl-alt-f7 might resolve the issue.
Also note that I tried to take some screenshots threw the print-screen key, but
this refreshes the screen, so all my attempts resulted in a good looking
image...
Finally, note that this is really critical because I already lost important
data. This bug started several versions ago, but newer never resolved it (am I
really the only one having this issue ?).
Also, this makes me wonder why gnome-shell 3.14 entered testing since it is
completly unstable and could provoke critical results.
Did you see Steven's questions? Please answer them:
What graphics card do you have? What graphics driver?
What's the output of: /usr/share/bug/xserver-xorg/script 3>&1
What happens if you run 3d applications in XFCE?
Emilio
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