I might add that logging in remotely to this machine and then launching an X-application
that displays on the remote machine works.
So, it seems to be purely a X rendering issue on the machine, the X protocol works fine.
Richard

On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 6:42 PM, Rich Emberson <emberson.rich@gmail.com> wrote:
I used to update:
> fedup --network 22 --product=nonproduct

Coming up in graphical target as default.target, KDE X does
not render properly.
With right click I a small box appears under the cursor,
navigating to what I guess is the first menu item, I can
start a console.
A box appears. I click into it and type:
> xterm
Another box appears and I can launch another xterm from it.
At any of the xterm's (and console) I can enter commands.
The area where the xterm prints my input text and any resulting
output text is drawn ... but not the rest of the xterm (which
remains the background image).
I can find the top of the xterm box and move it ... it leaves
a trail of sides of the xterm as it is moved.
Any xterm over which I move another xterm, does not refresh
it self.

Basically, X is unusable.

# /sbin/lshw -c display
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: G73 [GeForce 7300 GT]
       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: a1
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0
       resources: irq:29 memory:fd000000-fdffffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:fc000000-fcffffff ioport:bc00(size=128) memory:fe8e0000-fe8fffff

No nvidia drivers are installed:
> rpm -qa --qf '%{NAME} %{VERSION}-%{RELEASE} %{ARCH}\n' | grep -i nvi
<nothing>

> rpm -qa --qf '%{NAME} %{VERSION}-%{RELEASE} %{ARCH}\n' | grep kmod
akmods 0.5.4-1.fc22 noarch
kmodtool 1-23.fc22 noarch
libmikmod 3.3.7-1.fc22 x86_64
kmod-libs 21-1.fc22 x86_64
kmod 21-1.fc22 x86_64


The contents of /etc/X11 is the same post upgrade to fedora 22
as it was for fedora 20 (I kept a copy of 20's /etc/X11 directory).

In /var/log/Xorg.0.log the same (EE) and (WW) messages
appear in the fedora 22 as in the fedora 20 log (again, I kept
a copy).
The only difference that pops out is that for the fedora 20
Xorg.0.log the bottom has:

[ 22527.418] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 22527.418] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x0.0  119.00  1680 1728 1760 1840  1050 1052 1058 1100 -hsync -vsync (64.7 kHz eP)

but for the 22 Xorg.0.log the bottom has:


[    81.512] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[    81.512] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "2560x1080"x0.0  185.58  2560 2624 2688 2784  1080 1083 1093 1111 +hsync -vsync (66.7 kHz eP)
[    81.512] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz e)
[    81.512] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 656 720 840  480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz e)
[    81.512] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   25.18  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz e)
[    81.512] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "720x400"x0.0   28.32  720 738 846 900  400 412 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz e)
[    81.512] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  135.00  1280 1296 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz e)
[    81.512] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   78.75  1024 1040 1136 1312  768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz e)
[    81.512] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz e)
[    81.512] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   49.50  800 816 896 1056  600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz e)
[    81.512] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   71.00  1280 1328 1360 1440  800 803 809 823 +hsync -vsync (49.3 kHz e)
[    81.512] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x0.0  119.00  1680 1728 1760 1840  1050 1053 1059 1080 +hsync -vsync (64.7 kHz e)
[    81.512] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1152x864"x0.0  108.00  1152 1216 1344 1600  864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz e)
[    81.512] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  108.00  1280 1328 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz e)
[    81.512] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x60.0  172.80  1920 2040 2248 2576  1080 1081 1084 1118 -hsync +vsync (67.1 kHz e)

which is to say, a lot more gathered Modelines ... whatever that means.

The nouveau entries in the Xorg.0.log are very similar:

fedora 20
.....
[    1.801451] nouveau  [     DRM] 0xC272: Parsing digital output script table
[    1.903954] nouveau  [     DRM] MM: using M2MF for buffer copies
[    1.903963] nouveau  [     DRM] Setting dpms mode 3 on TV encoder (output 3)
[    1.959109] nouveau  [     DRM] allocated 2560x1080 fb: 0x9000, bo ffff88003693ec00
[    1.959207] fbcon: nouveaufb (fb0) is primary device
[    1.982601] nouveau  [     DRM] 0xC272: Parsing digital output script table
[    2.083944] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 320x67
[    2.085254] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fb0: nouveaufb frame buffer device
[    2.085255] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: registered panic notifier
[    2.097031] [drm] Initialized nouveau 1.2.1 20120801 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0

fedora 22
.....
[    1.912410] nouveau  [     DRM] 0xC272: Parsing digital output script table
[    2.014519] nouveau  [     DRM] MM: using M2MF for buffer copies
[    2.014526] nouveau  [     DRM] Setting dpms mode 3 on TV encoder (output 3)
[    2.069093] nouveau  [     DRM] allocated 2560x1080 fb: 0x9000, bo ffff880223097800
[    2.069187] fbcon: nouveaufb (fb0) is primary device
[    2.085064] firewire_core 0000:05:03.0: created device fw0: GUID 001e8c0001481cfd, S400
[    2.091216] nouveau  [     DRM] 0xC272: Parsing digital output script table
[    2.192552] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 320x67
[    2.193864] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fb0: nouveaufb frame buffer device
[    2.193865] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: registered panic notifier
[    2.207049] [drm] Initialized nouveau 1.2.2 20120801 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0


I saved the machine I do most of my work on for the
last ... after all others managed to go from 20 -> 22
(with some bumps along the way).
Alas, success elsewhere did not guarantee success with my main machine.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Richard