Comment 53 for bug 1080674

Go drum up some support and nag https://launchpad.net/~mlankhorst to
actually fix it. He knows the fix, just will not commit time to it.

Get it passed around the heat built up.... (that is get people to mark it
as 'affects me')

Regards,

Phill.

On 23 May 2014 20:27, Kevin Masaryk <email address hidden> wrote:

> I don't understand why mlankhorst marked this "won't fix" when it's
> still clearly an outstanding issue. Because qxl is also broken (and I
> always has been in Ubuntu in my experience) this doesn't leave many/any?
> options for running an Ubuntu virt under KVM.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080674
>
> Title:
> [QEMU] Corrupted desktop screen for raring desktop installation in
> QEMU guest (Cirrus graphics). Affects KVM but not VBox.
>
> Status in Cairo Graphics Library:
> Confirmed
> Status in "cairo" package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in "linux" package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
> Status in "xserver-xorg-video-cirrus" package in Ubuntu:
> Won't Fix
>
> Bug description:
> The desktop screen appears corrupted after raring desktop
> installation. Please see attached screenshot for how it looks. Going
> through System settings -> Appearance and selecting different wall
> papers does not solve the isssue.
>
> Test Steps:
> 1. Install Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha i386 (20121119)
> 2. Reboot after the installation and log in
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
> Package: unity 6.12.0-0ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.7.0-2.8-generic 3.7.0-rc5
> Uname: Linux 3.7.0-2-generic i686
> .tmp.unity.support.test.1:
>
> ApportVersion: 2.6.2-0ubuntu3
> Architecture: i386
> CompizPlugins: No value set for
> `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
> CompositorRunning: compiz
> CurrentDmesg: [ 18.945219] hda-intel: IRQ timing workaround is
> activated for card #0. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj.
> Date: Mon Nov 19 12:26:26 2012
> DistUpgraded: Fresh install
> DistroCodename: raring
> DistroVariant: ubuntu
> GraphicsCard:
> Cirrus Logic GD 5446 [1013:00b8] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> Subsystem: Red Hat, Inc Device [1af4:1100]
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-19 (0 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha i386 (20121119)
> Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> MachineType: Bochs Bochs
> MarkForUpload: True
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.7.0-2-generic
> root=UUID=131c13a4-8227-4946-8a1f-2aaa6043670d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
> SourcePackage: unity
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> dmi.bios.date: 01/01/2007
> dmi.bios.vendor: Bochs
> dmi.bios.version: Bochs
> dmi.chassis.type: 1
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Bochs
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnBochs:bvrBochs:bd01/01/2007:svnBochs:pnBochs:pvr:cvnBochs:ct1:cvr:
> dmi.product.name: Bochs
> dmi.sys.vendor: Bochs
> version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.4+bzr3412-0ubuntu1
> version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0-0ubuntu2
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
> version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0-0ubuntu2
> version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu7
> version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev
> 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2
> version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.0.0-0ubuntu1
> version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.20.9-0ubuntu2
> version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:1.0.4-0ubuntu1
> xserver.bootTime: Mon Nov 19 12:23:11 2012
> xserver.configfile: default
> xserver.devices:
> input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6
> input AT Translated Set 2 keyboard KEYBOARD, id 7
> input ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse MOUSE, id 8
> xserver.errors: open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
> xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> xserver.outputs:
>
> xserver.version: 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu7
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