Public bug reported: I just built a new machine with a (Sapphire) ATI Radeon HD 5870 (Vapor-X) graphics card and am experiencing window tearing as well as video tearing when running the proprietary Catalyst Driver. I am also using Ubuntu 9.10 and am experiencing the same problem and was hoping that it would be fixed in Ubuntu 10.04 with Catalyst 10.4. However, this problem still persists.
I have tried fixing the problem by making manual adjustments to the xorg.conf file using aticonfig. I have tried the --ovon and --ovt thinking that overlay type might help with rendering off-screen buffers for composited desktops as well as --sync-video=on. It's not just Compiz that is to blame also. Setting Visual Effects to None does not correct the problem either. I have also tried the workarounds extension in Compiz and have set "Fix screen updates in XGL with fglrx" as well as "Sync To VBlank" under General Options. Having to reboot into Windows 7 to watch any video is not optimal as I plan to make Ubuntu my primary operating system. It frustrates me that the Catalyst driver on the Windows side does not have this problem. I was hoping that this would be corrected in the Catalyst 10.4 release for Ubuntu 10.04. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: fglrx 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Apr 24 23:04:06 2010 DkmsStatus: fglrx, 8.723.1, 2.6.32-21-generic, x86_64: installed LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release Candidate amd64 (20100419.1) MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: fglrx-installer dmi.bios.date: 02/24/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0703 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P6X58D PREMIUM dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0703:bd02/24/2010:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP6X58DPREMIUM:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory system: distro: Ubuntu codename: lucid architecture: x86_64 kernel: 2.6.32-21-generic ** Affects: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid -- Window tearing with Radeon HD 5870 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/569594 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs