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Graphical glitches in GUI client

From
NYNathan Yinger <nathan.yinger@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 13, 2024, 16:06 UTC
Message-ID
<CA+YBzKpJACd3NARYcRufDN_4Yq+CsA-rKx1_7uquZWRnihS6-A@mail.gmail.com>

Thank you for filling out a Git bug report! Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue.

What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
ran `git gui` in repo root.
What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)
The git gui client to open.
What happened instead? (Actual behavior)

About 80% of the time the git gui client opens correctly. About 20% of the time I get a window covered in graphical glitches: parts of the window covered in flashing black rectangles, text missing or distorted. In rare cases the OS crashes as well (it's been a while since I saw the OS crash from this, I don't remember further details about the crash).

What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?
The gui client was rendered unusable by graphical glitches.
Anything else you want to add:
Screenshot attached.

Fedora has Wayland enabled by default, though I'm not sure if the git gui client uses it directly or if there's some sort of X emulation involved.

Please review the rest of the bug report below. You can delete any lines you don't wish to share.

[System Info] git version: git version 2.44.0 cpu: x86_64 no commit associated with this build sizeof-long: 8 sizeof-size_t: 8 shell-path: /bin/sh uname: Linux 6.7.6-200.fc39.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Feb 23 18:27:29 UTC 2024 x86_64 compiler info: gnuc: 13.2 libc info: glibc: 2.38 $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/bash

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  1. Nathan YingerMar 13, 2024
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