GNU bug report logs - #29416
26.0.90: double-buffering display glitch

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: charles <at> aurox.ch (Charles A. Roelli)

Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 20:07:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Merged with 26153, 30088

Found in versions 26.0.50, 26.0.90

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: charles <at> aurox.ch (Charles A. Roelli)
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 29416 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
Subject: bug#29416: 26.0.90: display glitch
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 15:08:07 +0100

> Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 22:41:00 +0200
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> 
> > Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 21:21:42 +0100
> > From: charles <at> aurox.ch (Charles A. Roelli)
> > CC: eliz <at> gnu.org, 29416 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> > 
> > > I don't see it on my Debian GNU/Linux box either (tried with both lucid
> > > and gtk builds).  Does disabling double buffering have any effect?
> > 
> > Yes, inhibiting double buffering fixes it.
> 
> Sigh.
> 
> Although it is strange that double buffering would cause this kind of
> problems.

It is.  I'm also surprised nobody else has reported the bug yet, since
my setup is bog-standard.  Maybe the problem is hardware-related.
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