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the display is not so smooth as before

Bug #586217 reported by tim
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: xorg

the screen got to be black and came back again immediately. After this, all the windows behave strangely. I click the icon of the current window on the panel, the window minimized with visible diminishing window border. It is not smooth animation.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu May 27 15:46:58 2010
DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq 6515b (KS256PA#AB2)
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=82d6adf2-5354-49b0-bc79-863fd5b2b294 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
dmi.bios.date: 03/04/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68YTT Ver. F.0B
dmi.board.name: 30C2
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 71.2D
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU83100N3
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68YTTVer.F.0B:bd03/04/2008:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaq6515b(KS256PA#AB2):pvrF.0B:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn30C2:rvrKBCVersion71.2D:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP Compaq 6515b (KS256PA#AB2)
dmi.product.version: F.0B
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: x86_64
 kernel: 2.6.32-22-generic

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tim (timothyguo) wrote :
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tim (timothyguo) wrote :

I think it is the video driver caused the problem. The Appearance Preferences->Visual Effects changed to NONE from NORMAL. When I checked NORMAL, a message box appeared, showing "searching for driver", and the screen went black again. Now I can't check NORMAL option any more.

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tim (timothyguo) wrote :

I just updated my system today(May 27), then I ran CodeLite whose GUI is slow. Suddenly, the screen went black.
I don't know if the updates or CodeLite affect the system.

Bryce Harrington (bryce)
affects: xorg (Ubuntu) → xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)
Bryce Harrington (bryce)
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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tim (timothyguo) wrote :

You see the Tux. It is not the background of terminal, but my desktop. Now I can see my desktop through browser window.

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In , Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

Forwarding this bug from Ubuntu reporter :
http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/586217

[Problem]
the screen got to be black and came back again immediately. After this, all the windows behave strangely. I click the icon of the current window on the panel, the window minimized with visible diminishing window border. It is not smooth animation.

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu May 27 15:46:58 2010
DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq 6515b (KS256PA#AB2)
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=82d6adf2-5354-49b0-bc79-863fd5b2b294 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
dmi.bios.date: 03/04/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68YTT Ver. F.0B
dmi.board.name: 30C2
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 71.2D
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU83100N3
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68YTTVer.F.0B:bd03/04/2008:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaq6515b(KS256PA#AB2):pvrF.0B:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn30C2:rvrKBCVersion71.2D:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP Compaq 6515b (KS256PA#AB2)
dmi.product.version: F.0B
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
system: codename: lucid
 architecture: x86_64
 kernel: 2.6.32-22-generic

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BootDmesg.txt

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In , Michel Dänzer (michel-daenzer) wrote :

CurrentDmesg.txt seems truncated? Are there no DRM related messages in dmesg when the problem occurs?

The description seems rather vague as to what the problem is exactly, but I'm guessing it might be related to GPU lockups and recovering from them.

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In , agd5f (agd5f) wrote :

Is there something that triggers the screen to blank? Does disabling desktop effects help? There were some display watermark fixes for igp chips in 2.6.35, they might help avoid the screen blanking issue if it's watermark related:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6.git;a=commit;h=07d4190327b02ab3aaad25a2d168f79d92e8f8c2
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=f892034a8ce80ed7098f667aae2eb6300e570603

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

> You see the Tux. It is not the background of terminal, but my desktop. Now I can see my desktop through browser window.

Pretty sure that's how gnome-terminal is configured to work by default now. Just change the profile background to solid.

Anyway, that's not a driver issue.

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

tim - I've forwarded this bug upstream to http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28941 - please subscribe yourself to this bug, as they need further information and wish you to test something. Thanks ahead of time!

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

Based on the comments on the upstream bug report (and their pointer to a couple kernel patches), I'm guessing this is actually a kernel drm bug. Refiling to the kernel.

affects: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) → linux (Ubuntu)
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati:
importance: Medium → Unknown
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Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

tim, 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? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

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

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

Also, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Please do not test the daily kernel folder, but the one all the way at the bottom. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested. For example:
kernel-fixed-upstream-v3.12-rc2

This can be done by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon next to the word Tags located at the bottom of the bug description. As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug's Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Incomplete
penalvch (penalvch)
no longer affects: linux (Ubuntu)
affects: xserver-xorg-driver-ati → linux (Ubuntu)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
importance: Medium → Undecided
status: Confirmed → New
status: New → Invalid
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