I tested this on Ubuntu 12.04 now and since I can't reproduce the bug anymore I wanted to close this report - but I don't know how (is 'Fix Released' the correct status, even if we don't know how the bug was fixed?). Please close this report. Thanks!
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/860509 Title: [RV250] Regression: Screen corruptions on X + massive RAM- & Swap- usage Status in X.org XServer - ATI gfx chipset driver: Confirmed Status in “xserver-xorg-video-ati” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: This is a regression, since in Ubuntu 10.10 (maverick) – apart from a minor bug (see bug #539163) – I have no issues with my graphics hardware and the performance is just incredible. In Ubuntu 11.04 (natty) I'm affected by heavy graphics corruptions in Gnome & in addition RAM- and Swap-usage are far from normal. Since my hardware doesn't support OpenGL 1.4 I'm not using Unity but the standard Gnome desktop. 1. Graphics corruptions 1.1. with Compiz When I use Compiz, after several minutes I see some minor corruptions in the Gnome panel; normally in the beginning only one applet is affected (I'll attach a screenshot) but after some time one applet after another gets corrupted. 1.2. with Metacity When I use Metacity there's one corruption I can always reproduce by opening Synaptic – when the password is requested, the background should be darkened. Instead I see all kinds of corruptions. There are also other, less predictable, corruptions. If it helps something I could add screenshots. 2. RAM- and Swap-usage After one or two hours of work RAM-usage reaches around 40% (of 2GB) and from this point on Swap (4 GB) gets filled up until it reaches 100% and the system is unusable. When I use the same applications in Ubuntu 10.10 (maverick) around 30% of my RAM are in use and swap-usage stays under 10%. This applies to Compiz – if it helps I can test RAM- and Swap-usage with Metacity aswell. Workarounds I. radeon-option "RenderAccel" "off" This option reduces not just the performance but also the problems mentioned above (but they are still present). II. Forcing the card into PCI mode This seems to solve the mentioned problems – at the expense of horrible graphics performance. III. radeon-option "EXAPixmaps" "off" This option seems as the best workaround for me. The symptoms are still present to a extenuated extent but performance is better than with workaround I & II. My graphics hardware: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] [1002:4c66] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Kernel 2.6.38-11-generic xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3.1 xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4.1 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic 2.6.38.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Tue Sep 27 13:16:19 2011 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: natty DistroVariant: ubuntu GraphicsCard: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] [1002:4c66] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation Device [0e11:0860] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard Compaq nx7010 (PG588ET#UUZ) PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=de_AT:en LANG=de_AT.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.38-11-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 Renderer: Unknown SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/14/2005 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: 68BAL Ver. F.55 dmi.board.name: 0860 dmi.board.vendor: COMPAL dmi.board.version: 8051 Version 24.56 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: COMPAL dmi.chassis.version: NULL dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68BALVer.F.55:bd07/14/2005:svnHewlett-Packard:pnCompaqnx7010(PG588ET#UUZ):pvrF.55:rvnCOMPAL:rn0860:rvr8051Version24.56:cvnCOMPAL:ct10:cvrNULL: dmi.product.name: Compaq nx7010 (PG588ET#UUZ) dmi.product.version: F.55 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110606-0ubuntu1~natty2 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-driver-ati/+bug/860509/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
