HW compatibility research: are intel i5 graphics and realtek net/audio hassle-free?

[guy keren]

try to replace the KDE theme, or the general windows look and feel, and
see if this helps.

--guy

On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 18:20 +0200, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am sorry for being late with an update on this query of mine - it's
> been almost two months since I asked the question. I did get the HW in
> Subject (details reminder: GIGABYTE H55M-D2H s1156 MoBo and Intel Core
> i5 650 3.2GHz with a GPU Core, on-board RealTek net and audio). It
> works _almost_ without a hassle with Fedora 14 on it.
>  
> "Almost" means that there are no problems with networking (I didn't
> expect any) or audio (normal headset/mike, didn't try HDMI or anything
> fancy like that :).
> 
> There is a WEIRD video effect with KDE though. Never saw anything like
> that: the _text_contents_ of windows (e.g., konsole/terminal) are
> flipped upside down and left to right. The windows' decorations are in
> the normal places (e.g., the title bar is on top), but the text in
> them (e.g., window title) is flipped - upside down and right to left
> (in English). The _actual_ controls - buttons, etc. - are in the normal
> positions, but are _shown_ inverted and in the wrong places.
> 
> Looks like everything related to the desktop ("plasma"?) is flipped,
> too, including the session's splash screen (starts normally and flips
> over after about a second or two), the panel, the application launcher
> (IIRC it is called kickstart - I mean the "equivalent" of XP's Start
> menu), logout/shutdown/lock menu, etc., to the point that I need to
> guess where, say, the "Logout" or "Restart" menu items or the "OK"
> button are (I usually know that from experience). Gnome is OK. KDE
> failsafe is also OK (I found that out by trying - and I've been using
> failsafe since, and since it works fine I stopped regarding the issue
> as critical...).
> 
> I have no idea whether it is a KDE/plasma bug, an X driver bug, a
> kernel driver bug, or something else. Frankly, I never researched it
> thoroughly due to other priorities, lack of time, and other reasons
> commonly known as being a sack of lazy bones. 
> 
> When I upgraded the HW the system ran Fedora 12, which worked fine
> before and after, except for this issue. I did not modify the settings
> and customizations that had worked fine with the old AMD 3800+ and
> nVidia graphics. I upgraded to Fedora 14 (my /home is on a separate
> partition, so the update didn't touch any customizations
> either). Today the system is fully updated (kernel, KDE, everything) -
> the updates didn't fix anything. Google didn't yield any clues,
> either.
> 
> I delayed posting the feedback partly for this reason but since it is
> going nowhere... If anybody knows what it is and how to fix it I'll be
> happy to know.
>