On Tue, 2009-07-21 at 02:08 +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote: > > Michel Dänzer wrote, on 2009-07-21 01:31: > > On Mon, 2009-07-20 at 23:48 +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote: > >> Package: libgl1-mesa-dri > >> Version: 7.5-1 > >> Severity: normal > >> > >> > >> When I tried to run glxgears, I received a black screen with i-beam cursor. > >> I was able to switch vt's and kill glxgears, which restored the view to > >> vt7. > > > > While the screen is black, are screenshots you take black as well? > > Only the window used by glxgears and the system tray icon for hplip is > black. All of the rest of the screen is visible.
Okay, so what I think happens is that the video card's gamma ramp gets set to all black somehow. This could be a bug in the window manager, the X driver or the X server. Do you have the possibility of trying older version of any of these? BTW, can you provide the glxinfo output I asked for? -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.vmware.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
