[Wine] Re: Office 2007 black artifacting in wine >1.2

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DarksideEE7 wrote:
> 
> Intel 4500MHD using kernel module i915. 
> Driver package details:
> intel-dri 7.8.2-1
> xf86-video-intel 2.12.0-1
> 
> The driver performs well in kWin with compositing as well as in Starcraft and Deus Ex.  
> 
> It used to work flawlessly before 1.2.  
> 

My desktop has an nVidia card, but my laptop has Intel 965, and I'm not seeing any problem there, either. 

Does turning off compositing make any difference?  

Does downgrading Wine fix it? If the answer to that question is yes, you need to run a regression test and file a bug.