Forwarding this bug from Ubuntu reporter Jamal Fanaian: http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/416001 [Problem] Notification dialogs are showing white lines (see screenshots) [Original Description] Ubuntu release: Karmic 9.10 xserver-xorg-video-ati version installed: 1:6.12.99+git20090629.f39cafc5-0ubuntu6 After updating last night, notification dialogs are showing up corrupted (white with lines around it). The same is happening for other dialogs such as the brightness level notice that is displayed when the laptop is unplugged. Gnome-do also appears the same way. Also, when logging in the entire screen will go white with lines for a few seconds and then go back to showing the orange background from the login screen. I have attached some screenshots of the issue. Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Aug 19 12:01:26 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 Lsusb: Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: IBM 236686U Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090629.f39cafc5-0ubuntu6 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-6-generic root=UUID=496c6fa3-f6d3-4a5a-9a77-ccf1d1d29679 ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-6.25-generic RelatedPackageVersions: xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.5-1ubuntu1 libdrm2 2.4.12-1ubuntu1 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.8.0-0ubuntu2 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090629.f39cafc5-0ubuntu6 SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati Uname: Linux 2.6.31-6-generic i686 XorgConf: Section "ServerFlags" Option "DontZap" "False" EndSection dmi.bios.date: 06/11/2004 dmi.bios.vendor: IBM dmi.bios.version: 1IET69WW (2.08 ) dmi.board.name: 236686U dmi.board.vendor: IBM dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: IBM dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIBM:bvr1IET69WW(2.08):bd06/11/2004:svnIBM:pn236686U:pvrNotAvailable:rvnIBM:rn236686U:rvrNotAvailable:cvnIBM:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 236686U dmi.product.version: Not Available dmi.sys.vendor: IBM system: architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-6-generic
Bugzilla wouldn't allow attaching these dialogs due to its size limits, so inlining links here: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30510557/notify.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30510589/brightness_display.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30510558/BootDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30510559/CurrentDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30510568/XorgLog.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30510569/XorgLogOld.txt
please try with the latest git from master. make sure you have: 794ae743c305331741e7cf45dd71c755fe325ed5
A Ubuntu package of 794ae743 can be found in this PPA for testing: https://edge.launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa + xserver-xorg-video-ati - 1:6.12.99+git20090902.794ae743-0ubuntu0tormod
I installed revision 794ae743 but still experience the same issues. Something I would like to note, is that it works if I turn on compositing (through compiz). The only problem, is that there are worse issues when I do this. For example, windows do not update until I mouse over them (or even show up). Parts of windows will not change. For example, if I click on a different tab in a window the content will be the same, until I try to mouse over the content. I will try to provide a few screenshots of this happening.
Created attachment 29884 [details] Issue with compiz
Created attachment 29885 [details] Issue with compiz
Is it known which X related packages were upgraded to cause the problem, and what versions/snapshots they were upgraded from/to?
(In reply to comment #7) > Is it known which X related packages were upgraded to cause the problem, and > what versions/snapshots they were upgraded from/to? > I believe the problem is due to the xserver-xorg-video-ati. AFAIK I am running the radeon drivers. They stopped working when I upgraded to Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic). The version in Jaunty (last one that worked) was: 1:6.12.1-0ubuntu2 The version in stock Karmic (the first one that showed the issue for me) was: 1:6.12.99+git20090825.fc74e119-0ubuntu2 The current version running on my system is: 1:6.12.99+git20090926.7968e1fb-0ubuntu0tormod I'm not sure where the issue started happening or even if it is the ati drivers (Karmic switched a lot of video related things that I don't completely understand). Please let me know if there is any more information that I can provide to help solve the problem. Thanks for your time and effort so far.
Does Option "AccelMethod" "EXA" fix the problem?
(In reply to comment #9) > Does > > Option "AccelMethod" "EXA" > > fix the problem? > Ah, that did fix the problem. So it is related to the switch of AccelMethod in Karmic. Well, I guess I'll stick to EXA for now. Should I file a bug report about this, or is this issue related to my video card? If so, is that a Xserver or Ubuntu issue? Thanks!
(In reply to comment #10) > Ah, that did fix the problem. So it is related to the switch of AccelMethod in > Karmic. Well, I guess I'll stick to EXA for now. Yeah, I wouldn't hold my breath for the XAA issue to be fixed. > Should I file a bug report about this, or is this issue related to my video > card? If so, is that a Xserver or Ubuntu issue? The default acceleration method is determined by the driver. However, this is tricky - the default was first changed from XAA to EXA for all cards, but then back to XAA for cards such as yours with little video RAM, due to complaints about bad performance with EXA. Hopefully that can be fixed once and for all at some point with KMS, but in the meantime I'm afraid we just can't get the default right for everybody.
(In reply to comment #10) > (In reply to comment #9) > > Does > > > > Option "AccelMethod" "EXA" > > > > fix the problem? > > > > Ah, that did fix the problem. So it is related to the switch of AccelMethod in > Karmic. Well, I guess I'll stick to EXA for now. I have a similar problem with my old laptop and the r100 driver. It works fine with compiz, but without some programs show these straight lines on some (not all) applications (the notifier area being the most important). Where do I put the above mentioned option? There is no xorg.conf anymore (at least I can't find any).
Instructions on creating an xorg.conf file at: http://www.x.org/wiki/ConfigurationHelp#head-fde40308d7e22646bdc3bef3dd41daa9872f47b9
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 22055 ***
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