On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 8:25 PM, Zack Weinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon > Version: 1:6.9.0+git20080826.a3cc1d7a-1 > Severity: normal > > With EXA enabled on a Radeon R580 (or possibly an X1900, ATI's numbering > conventions confuse me) I see several sorts of display flicker: > > - Most frequent: the mouse pointer appears to vibrate up and down by > about half its vertical height, or has rapidly changing horizontal > stripes drawn over it. > > - Some window boundaries wiggle continuously and rapidly. The effect > appears only at the edges but seems to depend on what is drawn in the > window: a boring gnome-terminal doesn't do it, but OO.o calc did it > a lot. > > - Occasionally the entire display goes to black or garbage for a split > second. > > None of these phenomena occur if I drop back to XAA. > > The problem *might* depend on having both of the card's DVI outputs > active simultaneously; I didn't try EXA until after I got the second > monitor. > > The "most recent X server log file" below is with XAA active. Below > that is a log with EXA active.
This is very likely related to multiple monitors. Please try EXA with one monitor and see if you still have the same problem. Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
