Bug 9057

Summary: xf86-video-ati: DynamicClocks make glitches in latest ATi/Radeon git module driver
Product: xorg Reporter: Treviño <trevi55>
Component: Driver/RadeonAssignee: xf86-video-ati maintainers <xorg-driver-ati>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Severity: major    
Priority: high Keywords: regression
Version: 7.2 (2007.02)   
Hardware: x86 (IA32)   
OS: Linux (All)   
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Description Flags
My Kubuntu kdm screen bugged when using DynamicClocks
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Macro of the glitched Kubuntu Logo
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Macro of the scrambled text that is shown using DynamicClocks
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Xorg log file with DynamicClocks enabled (runninng on second Display)
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Xorg.conf - with DynamicClocks enabled none

Description Treviño 2006-11-16 18:38:57 UTC
Hi, I'm using the latest git of the Xorg Ati/Radeon Drivers with an Ati Mobility
Radeon 9700 (RV350) running on Xorg 7.1.1 with Mesa 6.5.1 (ubuntu cvs revision)
and libdrm/drm kernel modules 2.3.
Many things work fine, some not (but I'll place other bugs for these :)) btw
only using this git version (no problems with stable 6.6.2 and 6.6.3 versions),
if I put in the Device section of my Xorg.conf file the option
   Option "DynamicClocks" "on"
I get many screen gtlitches... I can't take screenshots or photos, btw there are
some screen lines, and I can't read nothing... The Xorg log dosn't report
anything of strage related to it (simply it says that I've enabled Dynamic clocks).

Anyway in this bug report (the first I make for this driver) I want thank all
the devs working on it becouse you made really great work... Actually Xorg
radeon driver + AiGLX + Beryl works better than Xgl + fglrx + Beryl!!!

Bye!
Comment 1 Daniel Stone 2007-02-27 01:34:42 UTC
Sorry about the phenomenal bug spam, guys.  Adding xorg-team@ to the QA contact so bugs don't get lost in future.
Comment 2 Treviño 2007-03-27 19:33:00 UTC
I've found that I get this also if I run a secondary X server using the "DynamicClocks" options to "on", and now glitches applies to all X servers running (also those ran before applying this setting).
To fix this, I should run another server with that option to "off"...

I had made some photos to show better the bug, but I've only a cell phone here and the result is really poor, so if anyone has this problem, please integrate this bug! 
Comment 3 Treviño 2007-07-10 17:36:44 UTC
Created attachment 10656 [details]
My Kubuntu kdm screen bugged when using DynamicClocks

Finally I've made some photos to the bugged screen I get using the DynamicClock option, as I said only using an xf86-video-ati driver after version 6.6.3 I get this issue...
Comment 4 Treviño 2007-07-10 17:37:48 UTC
Created attachment 10657 [details]
Macro of the glitched Kubuntu Logo
Comment 5 Treviño 2007-07-10 17:40:15 UTC
Created attachment 10658 [details]
Macro of the scrambled text that is shown using DynamicClocks
Comment 6 Michel Dänzer 2007-07-11 00:06:51 UTC
Please attach full config and log files.
Comment 7 Michel Dänzer 2007-07-11 00:07:18 UTC
Please attach full config and log files.
Comment 8 Treviño 2007-07-11 06:20:23 UTC
Created attachment 10666 [details]
Xorg log file with DynamicClocks enabled (runninng on second Display)

Here you are my Xorg.log file using Dynamic Clocks, DRI is disabled there, since I've ran another Xorg in DISPLAY :2 and doing this (as said on previous comments) also my main screen got these glitches... Then I reloaded this second screen disabling DynamicClocks and all my X servers worked well again...
Comment 9 Treviño 2007-07-11 06:24:18 UTC
Created attachment 10667 [details]
Xorg.conf - with DynamicClocks enabled
Comment 10 Michel Dänzer 2007-07-11 06:56:09 UTC
Does it also happen if you comment out all other driver options? If yes, what if you add Option "ColorTiling" "off"?
Comment 11 Treviño 2007-07-11 07:27:19 UTC
(In reply to comment #10)
> Does it also happen if you comment out all other driver options? If yes, what
> if you add Option "ColorTiling" "off"?

Tried... I get always the same thing.

Comment 12 Michel Dänzer 2007-07-30 01:14:17 UTC
Can you try isolating the change that caused it with git-bisect?
Comment 13 Treviño 2007-07-30 05:46:34 UTC
(In reply to comment #12)
> Can you try isolating the change that caused it with git-bisect?
> 

Well, I could try but I've no time for next 15 days and more since I'll go in holidays, I'll let you know something later if I can.
Comment 14 Dave Airlie 2007-08-04 00:56:50 UTC
if this happens with a bare xorg.conf I'd be interested you are turning a lot of options that we don't have on by default for good reason.
Comment 15 Treviño 2007-08-18 08:55:07 UTC
(In reply to comment #14)
> if this happens with a bare xorg.conf I'd be interested you are turning a lot
> of options that we don't have on by default for good reason.

My xorg.conf is attached above, you can see if there's something wrong with it...

Comment 16 Dave Airlie 2007-08-23 02:15:42 UTC
punting from 6.7, unless the reporter can bisect this down, I can't reproduce it at this stage.

Please try again with 6.7.191.
Comment 17 Benjamin Close 2008-01-11 02:37:51 UTC
Bugzilla Upgrade Mass Bug Change

NEEDSINFO state was removed in Bugzilla 3.x, reopening any bugs previously listed as NEEDSINFO.

  - benjsc
    fd.o Wrangler
Comment 18 Jerome Glisse 2009-05-20 05:32:43 UTC
Closing for inactivity reopen if you still have this issue with recent xf86-video-ati.

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