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 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/748184 Title: [nouveau] Text alpha blending is broken with nouveau To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/748184/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
