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Steam causes screen rendering error

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#3423 · opened 2014-08-10 by hrzhu · updated 2018-03-09 · 7 comments · github
Hhrzhu 2014-08-10 github

Sometimes Steam causes screen rendering error. Part of my screen get overlayed. This usually happens when I alt-tab switch between game and desktop apps. Restarting Steam solves the problem.

My DE is xfce and my whole sys info:
Processor Information:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x17
CPU Stepping: 0xa
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3003 Mhz
2 logical processors
2 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Unsupported
SSE42: Unsupported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS (32 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.2.0-49-generic-pae
X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server Release: 11103000
X Window Manager: Xfwm4
Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime-release_2014-04-15

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GT 630/PCIe/SSE2

Driver Version:  4.4.0 NVIDIA 331.38
OpenGL Version: 4.4
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
VendorID:  0x10de
DeviceID:  0x1284
Number of Monitors:  1
Number of Logical Video Cards:  1
Primary Display Resolution:  1280 x 1024
Desktop Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Primary Display Size: 13.27" x 10.63"  (16.97" diag)
                                        33.7cm x 27.0cm  (43.1cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 8x
Primary VRAM: 1024 MB
Supported MSAA Modes:  2x 4x 8x 16x

Sound card:
Audio device: Realtek ALC662 rev1

Memory:
RAM: 4030 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 150456 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 4138 Mb

Ccjwijtmans 2014-08-11 github

is this somewhat related? https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3262

Hhrzhu 2014-08-13 github

It looks similar but my problem has nothing to do with Chromium. I'll post a screenshot when it happens again.

Ccjwijtmans 2014-08-13 github

It doesnt necessarily have anything to do with chromium. I was just guessing. The bug that caused steam to glitch out also caused chromium to bug out for me.

Ccjwijtmans 2014-08-13 github

looking at your specs it probably is the nvidia driver but i am not sure.

Are you running beta? If not you could try that and see if its fixed.

Hhrzhu 2014-08-27 github

Some similar problem occurs just now.
screenshot - 08272014 - 03 00 43 pm
Look at the No replies in this thread on Firefox title bar, it still exists when I switch workspace but disappears when I switch to steam and mouse-over some links.

The problem occurs this time is not exactly the same as before. The glitch I describe earlier won't disappear unless I restart steam.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2018-03-09 github

Hello @hrzhu, are you still experiencing this issue on an up to date system?

Hhrzhu 2018-03-09 github

No, I'm not experiencing the issue on latest OS/Steam. I think this issue can be closed.

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