Ok. so that sounds exactly like the same issue. It was worth on F20 for me than it is with F21. Thank you. Fred On 12/13/2014 02:30 PM, Madhurjya Roy wrote: > It's quite similar to that, just more severe! In my case, when I open > the 'activities' menu, there are square and triangular lines spread > all over and almost none of the icons render correctly. > > Another thing worth pointing out is that applications are not affected > by it. Most of the applications I ran (Nautilus, GIMP, Gnome Terminal, > Application Settings) rendered correctly. > > The problem mainly affects the panel on the top, the calendar view > that opens up from there (like the one in your picture) and the > 'activities' menu. > > I'm downloading the Fedora live image, once it is done, I'll boot up > and share some screenshots. I guess that'll provide a better idea of > it. > > Madhurjya Roy > > On 13/12/2014, Frederic Muller <fred@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi! >> >> Does it look like something like this: http://snag.gy/AGPaq.jpg >> >> I've started having the problem on F20 after a xorg update about 3 weeks >> ago and it has stayed. I upgraded (new install though) to F21 to get the >> same result unfortunately. >> >> It's also a Radeon (HD 6770 though) card. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Fred >> >> On 12/12/2014 10:49 PM, Madhurjya Roy wrote: >>> Hey guys, >>> >>> My old PC MoBo recently died and so, I built a new PC with >>> the following hardware specification : >>> >>> * Processor : AMD A4-6300K 3.7 GHz Dual Core APU with integrated >>> Radeon HD 8370D GPU >>> >>> * MoBo : MSI A58M-E33 >>> >>> * RAM : 4 GB Corsair Value RAM 1600 MHz. >>> >>> * HDD : 500 GB WD Caviar @ 7200 rpm >>> >>> * Monitor : 19 inch Samsung SyncMaster at 1400 X 900 pixels @ 60-75 Hz >>> refresh rate >>> >>> So, I went ahead and popped in the Fedora 21 Workstation Disc. >>> Anaconda worked well >>> and installed Fedora 21. >>> >>> But as soon as I restarted my PC and logged in I found the desktop >>> flickering! I moved the mouse pointer and it flickered even more >>> vigorously and when I pulled through the activities hot corner, I >>> could barely see the icons, which appeared like distorted squares. >>> >>> Somehow, I managed to open the terminal. All the text in the terminal >>> were clearly visible, I installed Xfce desktop and to my surprise it >>> worked fine, text and icon everything was clear and perfectly >>> usable. Next, I installed KDE and it worked as well. I really had trouble >>> understanding the wobbly widgety interface, though! So, I assumed the >>> problem is with Gnome 3. >>> >>> I reinstalled the complete Gnome desktop and alas, the problem >>> persisted! I have used Fedora 20 for quite some time on my >>> laptop, so, I booted a live image of Fedora 20, that I had had flashed >>> onto a pen drive and still there was the same problem. >>> >>> Frustrated, I gave up and installed Ubuntu, Unity worked well but >>> when I installed Gnome3, I was back where I was, running a completely >>> graphically distorted UI! >>> >>> I've since changed many distros (without Gnome as DE) and all of them >>> worked fine. Windows 8.1 worked fluidly as well! I am currently using >>> Ubuntu 14.10 (with Unity as DE). I found it quite close to Gnome3. >>> >>> However, I would still like to use Fedora and since, I'm using this as >>> a multimedia PC, so Gnome3 is still my preference. >>> >>> From my observations, it seems to be a Gnome 3 hardware incompatibility >>> issue. >>> >>> I've tried changing refreshing rate, resolution and colour depth and >>> nothing could solve the issue! Even switching to the proprietary AMD >>> drivers didn't work out. >>> >>> Should I file a bug report on BugZilla? >>> >>> If anyone's got some idea, please help! >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Madhurjya Roy >>> >> >> -- >> test mailing list >> test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe: >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
