When X starts up, one can see an ugly background for the time X is loading. The same ugly background appears again when switching to another vt (X->console, console->X, X->X, but not console->console). Expected results: * black background while performing any of the mentioned actions Actual results: * black background (it should be completely black actually) * white diagonal "lines" or actually white blocks, similar to something represented by the following ascii graphics -------------------------------------------------- - - - www - - www - - www - - www - - - - www - - www - - www - - www - - www www - - www www - - www www - - www www - - www www - - - --here remain some other contents of another vt -- -------------------------------------------------- lspci output: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV630 [Radeon HD 3600 Series] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 1260 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+ Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 41 Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Region 2: Memory at f0100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Region 4: I/O ports at 2100 [size=256] [virtual] Expansion ROM at f0120000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [58] Express (v2) Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00 DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <4us, L1 unlimited ExtTag+ AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset- DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal+ Unsupported- RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+ MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr- TransPend- LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 5GT/s, Width x16, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <64ns, L1 <1us ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+ ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt- LnkSta: Speed 5GT/s, Width x16, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt- DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Not Supported, TimeoutDis- DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis- LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 5GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-, Selectable De-emphasis: -6dB Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS- Compliance De-emphasis: -6dB LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -6dB, EqualizationComplete-, EqualizationPhase1- EqualizationPhase2-, EqualizationPhase3-, LinkEqualizationRequest- Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Address: 00000000fee0100c Data: 4159 Capabilities: [100 v1] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?> Kernel driver in use: radeon Linux kernel version: 3.3 Mesa, XServer, libdrm,... are all current git versions
Mass closure: This bug has been untouched for more than six years, and is not obviously still valid. Please reopen this bug or file a new report if you continue to experience issues with current releases.
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