Redraw problems when scrolling in GNOME

This screenshot shows the scrolling redraw bug in Gaim. The line of dots is supposed to be text.

This only happens with gaim? or does it hit other gtk programs also?

This bug happens in many GTK applications. I associated it with Gaim simply because this is where it annoys me the most.

The bug also manifests itself in the "GNOME Keyboard preferences"

  1) go in the "layout options" tab
  2) expand "group shift/lock behavior"
  3) scroll

what videocard and videodriver do you use? Is that dependant of the GTK theme you use?

This is all described in the bug summary I wrote :)

My computer is an
  Athlon XP 2400+
  1GB Ram
  Video Card : NVidia GeForce 6600GT (MSI NX6600GT)

The problem occurs with every GTK theme I tried so far (human, clearlooks and simple).

Drivers :
nvidia-glx (1.0.8756+2.6.15.9-3)
nvidia-kernel-common (20051028+1)

Does it happen if you change the xorg videodriver between nv and nvidia?

The problem stops when I switch to the nv driver. I tested this just before you added the comment yesterday.

I don't really need 3D so I'll just use the "nv" driver for now. I'll come back to this bug when I have more time to see if newer nvidia drivers still have the problem.

thank you, reassigning to linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15 then

I'm seeing this too using fglrx

fglrxinfo:

OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9800 Pro
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6334 (8.34.8)

Installed packages:

Name Version Description
=============================-=============================-==========================================================================
linux-image-2.6.20-16-generic 2.6.20-16.29 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.20 on x86/x86_64
linux-restricted-modules-2.6. 2.6.20.5-16.29 Non-free Linux 2.6.20 modules on x86/x86_64
ubuntu-desktop 1.43 The Ubuntu desktop system
xorg-driver-fglrx 7.1.0-8.34.8+2.6.20.5-16.29 Video driver for ATI graphics accelerators

I see this issue also - in ubuntu feisty. Window does not repaint correctly when scrolled.

Xorg 7.2.0
NVIDIA Driver 1.0-9631

[sirianni@sirianni-ub:~]$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
    GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
    GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_NV_float_buffer,
    GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float
client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info,
    GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
    GLX_NV_swap_group, GLX_NV_video_out, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
    GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_NV_float_buffer, GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float,
    GLX_EXT_fbconfig_packed_float, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
GLX version: 1.3
GLX extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
    GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
    GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_NV_float_buffer,
    GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float, GLX_ARB_get_proc_address
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 7300 GS/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 2.1.0 NVIDIA 96.31
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I'm facing this problem too. It occurs in several apps from native gnome up to eclipse..

It occurs opnly when using compiz. If I turn of the eye candy it's all fine..
I'm using the most current version of the proprietary nvidia driver, normally avaliable over apt..

Ubuntu Hardy
Kernel: 2.6.24-19-generic

Hardware: lenovo t61
cpu:
                       Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7500 @ 2.20GHz, 2200 MHz
                       Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7500 @ 2.20GHz, 2200 MHz
keyboard:
  /dev/input/input11 Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000
  /dev/input/event1 AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
mouse:
  /dev/input/mice Apple Macintosh mouse button emulation
  /dev/input/mice SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
  /dev/input/mice TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint
graphics card:
                       Lenovo Quadro NVS 140M
sound:
                       Lenovo HD Audio Controller
storage:
                       Lenovo Mobile SATA Controller AHCI
                       Lenovo Mobile IDE Controller
network:
  wlan0 Intel WLAN controller
  eth0 Lenovo Ethernet controller
network interface:
  wlan0 WLAN network interface
  wmaster0 Network Interface
  eth0 Ethernet network interface
  lo Loopback network interface

hth,
Axel

This package has become obsolete so we're closing out the bug report as WONTFIX.
Thanks for reporting it though!