Random freezes and no desktop effects after upgrading to maverick (radeon driver, ATI Mobility Radeon 9600)

Bug #687489 reported by Christian Assig
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Bug Description

After upgrading from Kubuntu lucid to maverick, I noticed that the desktop effects did not work any more. This did not bother me too much and I continued to work with the system anyway. After a few random crashes (the display freezes, even the Alt+SysRq shortcuts do not work) that I did not have before I tried to investigate the cause of my problems. The crashes sometimes appeared a few minutes after booting, sometimes after a few hours.

I found out that the desktop effects work again and that the crashed disappear if I boot using lucid's 2.6.32 kernel. I have also tried different kernel versions from the kernel-ppa (including 2.6.36 and the current rc of 2.6.37), but so far, the latest version that works for me is lucid's 2.6.32.

My notebook is a MAXDATA Pro 8100X with an ATI Mobility Radeon 9600. I'm using the FOSS radeon driver.

I will add the log files for kernel 2.6.32 (working) and 2.6.35 (crashes and no desktop effects).
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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: christian 1660 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: christian 1660 F...m pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'I82801DBICH4'/'Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with ALC202 at irq 11'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC202 rev 0'
   Components : 'AC97a:414c4740'
   Controls : 37
   Simple ctrls : 23
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=86a91826-f711-4c3f-829a-6bcbcf288ed1
Lsusb:
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c03e Logitech, Inc. Premium Optical Wheel Mouse (M-BT58)
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: MAXDATA Pro 8100X
Package: linux (not installed)
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-23-generic root=UUID=15f0e127-5829-41e1-9bbd-44c176e07331 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.41-generic 2.6.35.7
Regression: Yes
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38
Reproducible: Yes
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: yes
Tags: maverick kernel-power suspend resume regression-potential needs-upstream-testing
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev powerdev sambashare scanner vboxusers video
WpaSupplicantLog:

dmi.bios.date: 10/04/04
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: 3B11
dmi.board.name: MAXDATA
dmi.board.vendor: MAXDATA
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: MAXDATA
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvr3B11:bd10/04/04:svnMAXDATA:pnPro8100X:pvr5123660003:rvnMAXDATA:rnMAXDATA:rvr:cvnMAXDATA:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Pro 8100X
dmi.product.version: 5123660003
dmi.sys.vendor: MAXDATA

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tags: added: maverick regression-release
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Christian Assig (chrassig) wrote : AcpiTables.txt

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Christian Assig (chrassig) wrote : AlsaDevices.txt

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Christian Assig (chrassig) wrote : ArecordDevices.txt

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Christian Assig (chrassig) wrote : BootDmesg.txt

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Christian Assig (chrassig) wrote : Card0.Amixer.values.txt

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Christian Assig (chrassig) wrote : Card0.Codecs.codec97.0.ac97.0.0.txt

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Christian Assig (chrassig) wrote : WifiSyslog.txt

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Christian Assig (chrassig) wrote :

All files that were added to this bug one hour ago were created when I executed the following command, running kernel 2.6.35:
apport-collect -p linux 687489

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Christian Assig (chrassig) wrote :

The only difference I could find in the Xorg.0.log files that I consider relevant was that it contains the following line only running kernel 2.6.32:
(WW) RADEON(0): You need a newer kernel for sync extension

And that it contains the following line only running kernel 2.6.35:
(II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_swap_control and GLX_MESA_swap_control

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Christian Assig (chrassig) wrote :

It appears to me that I might have found a configuration that works quite good for me:
I'm now running the most current mainline kernel (linux-image-2.6.37-999-generic_2.6.37-999.201012151130_i386.deb). Desktop effects were still disabled by default, but I could enable them by turning of the functionality checks for desktop effects (K Menu -> System Settings -> Desktop Effects -> Advanced -> Disable functionality checks).

So far, the performance is good (even smooth fullscreen playback of YouTube flash videos), and the system is running stable.

Before, I had also tried out a natty live cd (desktop effects seemed to be enabled there), and the mainline kernel v2.6.32.27.12-lucid (linux-image-2.6.32-0206322712-generic_2.6.32-0206322712.201012110909_i386.deb, desktop effects enabled even with functionality checks enabled).

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status: New → Confirmed
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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Christian Assig, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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status: Confirmed → Incomplete
tags: added: needs-upstream-testing
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

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status: Incomplete → Expired
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