openSUSE Recommended Update: xorg-x11-driver-video: Fixed various 3D issues with Intel graphics drivers. ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-RU-2011:0396-1 Rating: moderate References: #666704 #680921 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed. Description: - #666704: intel: KDE effects make text editing worse (was: emacs cursor does not work right with desktop effects enabled) Enabling compositing on intel graphics chips causes problems for emacs and other various programs because window damage is not correctly restored. This results in a missing cursor for emacs and apparent random greeking of text in other applications - bnc #680921: fixes partial screen distortion on Sandybridge visible in KDE (bfo#35808) Special Instructions and Notes: Please reboot the system after installing this update. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.4: zypper in -t patch xorg-x11-driver-video-4408 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64): xorg-x11-driver-video-7.6-53.56.1 - openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64): xorg-x11-driver-video-32bit-7.6-53.56.1 References: https://bugzilla.novell.com/666704 https://bugzilla.novell.com/680921