[X300] Randomly, the texts and backgrounds on plasma widgets start to disappear

[zdenek.zikan]

Sometimes, all of sudden, texts on the task manager and other widgets disappear, backgrounds of widgets disappear and then, plasma restarts without any crash dialog. Disappearing may happen in several steps, e.g. texts on some widgets disappear and, after few seconds, other widget. See attached screenshots: bug_plasma1.png is corrupted desktop, bug_plasma2.png is correct desktop after restart.

Not sure if it's a plasma bug, but as no crash dialog appears, I don't know how to identify source of the problem.

[lspci]
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller [8086:2590] (rev 03)
     Subsystem: IBM Device [1014:0575]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc M22 [Mobility Radeon X300] [1002:5460]
     Subsystem: IBM Device [1014:056e]

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Could you attach the output of lspci -vvnn (two v's, not a w) and a copy of /var/log/Xorg.0.log please? Thanks.

[zdenek.zikan (zdenek-zikan)]

Here you are. Any more files/information that may help you?

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

I think the files included are fine. :)
I believe that this would be a problem with the radeon graphics drivers that your graphics card uses, so I will reassign this bug accordingly.

[lcampagn (luke-campagnola)]

I second this bug--I've seen corruption very similar to the screenshot posted.
Running kubuntu intrepid with KDE4.2 via intrepid-backports. Thinkpad X60 tablet with intel graphics

System info:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

$ kde4-config -v
Qt: 4.4.3
KDE: 4.2.2 (KDE 4.2.2)
kde4-config: 1.0

$ apt-cache policy libplasma3
libplasma3:
  Installed: 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu1~intrepid1
  Candidate: 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu1~intrepid1
  Version table:
 *** 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu1~intrepid1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     4:4.2.0-0ubuntu2~intrepid2 0
        500 http://ubuntu.media.mit.edu intrepid-backports/main Packages

[zdenek.zikan (zdenek-zikan)]

Still valid with Jaunty final.

Driver version:
xserver-xorg-video-ati: 1:6.12.1-0ubuntu2

Plasma version:
libplasma3: 4:4.2.3-0ubuntu1~jaunty1~ppa2

$ kde4-config -v
Qt: 4.5.1
KDE: 4.2.3 (KDE 4.2.3)
kde4-config: 1.0

[Rob Hasselbaum (rhasselbaum)]

I see the same symptoms using the "radeon" driver with my Radeon X1550. This is with Jaunty upgraded to KDE 4.2.4.

Don't understand why this was marked as a duplicate of bug 343944. The symptoms are not the same. I see no memory leak as described in that bug.