Stellarium 1.1 & master (2022-11-23): artifact pattern in the background

[dhdeangelis]

I have noticed that both Stellarium 1.1 and master code downloaded and built 2022-11-23 show a strange pattern of artifacts in the background as well as vertically "smeared" stars:

I have never seen this before with Stellarium. I am not stating that this is a problem with Stellarium. I am trying to find the cause and envisage a solution.

I use OpenSUSE Tumbleweed which is a rolling release and has a very high rate of update. Recently Mesa (now at version 22.2.4-333.1) has been updated and this has possibly contributed to this.

What could be going on here? What is important to consider with this type of problem?

Thanks in advance

[10110111]

This may be a bug in the GPU drivers. You say it's Mesa, and I suppose you may be using an NVIDIA GPU. In this case, try using the proprietary nvidia driver, since nouveau is usually unreliable and prone to artifacts.

[dhdeangelis]

Thank you, installing the proprietary NVIDIA driver solved the problem.