(Needs mesa 7.10) [RV710 HD4350] Texture corruption in games (Nexuiz, Assaultcube)

[Dave Gilbert]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati

Hi,
  Just upgraded to current Natty Alphas.
I'm seeing moderate texture corruption in both Nexuiz and Assault cube on maybe 10%ish of the dispaly; it moves about to various bits of the game area, and it mostly appears as a rainbowish sheen on some bits, or a bit of coloured noise on other bits.

Dave

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.2-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-11.25-generic 2.6.37-rc7
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-11-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: f2d10bd9f943a85b486a282e7840a570
CheckboxSystem: 0531969bcfd4f03af7405c98dc94a948
CompisitorRunning: None
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/allscreens/options/active_plugins'
DRM.card0.HDMI.A.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
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Date: Sun Dec 26 13:30:06 2010
DistUpgraded: Yes, recently upgraded Log time: 2010-12-24 22:50:00.108371
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard: Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:02a8]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
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ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
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 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
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Renderer: Hardware acceleration
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati
UnitySupportTest:

dmi.bios.date: 09/10/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
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version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.22-2ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.9+repack-1ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu6
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.13.901-2ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Can we see a photo of the screen?

[Dave Gilbert (ubuntu-treblig)]

See broken1 and 2 attached.

In broken1 you can see there are about 3 floor squares that are random rainbow colours.

In broken2 again you can see a few on the floor and walls.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Thanks

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hi Dave,

To update you on status... we'll be updating to a new X stack within the next week or so, including new mesa and a new -ati driver. My bet is that it includes a fix for this issue. RAOF is currently working on uploading the stack to xorg-edgers for testing, but it may be a day or so before that's ready to test.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

We're going to be moving natty to its new X stack within the next week
or so. Currently this stack is available in xorg-edgers, and our
testing is showing it to be quite stable.

I'd like to have you attempt to reproduce your issue with this new
stack. If it still occurs with that stack, we can then take the the bug
upstream, or approach the kernel team or other appropriate groups about
it.

The PPA is available at:
https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa

Here's a simple way to install:
  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get upgrade

Then reboot your system to get to the new bits.

If you want to go back to stock Ubuntu, there is a corresponding
ppa-purge tool:
  sudo ppa-purge xorg-edgers
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get upgrade

[Dave Gilbert (ubuntu-treblig)]

* Bryce Harrington (<email address hidden>) wrote:
> We're going to be moving natty to its new X stack within the next week
> or so. Currently this stack is available in xorg-edgers, and our
> testing is showing it to be quite stable.
>
> I'd like to have you attempt to reproduce your issue with this new
> stack. If it still occurs with that stack, we can then take the the bug
> upstream, or approach the kernel team or other appropriate groups about
> it.

OK, I'll do this at the weekend.

Dave
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[Dave Gilbert (ubuntu-treblig)]

Hi Bryce,
  Thanks - that fixes it! That's with Mesa 7.11.0+git20110119.a5da4acb-0ubuntu0sarvatt

Another minor issue it also fixes is that in KDE when I go to logout it fades the background out, that was getting some subtle corruption in that fade out - also gone with that fix.

Dave

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Great, thanks for testing! We'll be uploading mesa 7.10 (which should be essentially what you tested, modulo a few git commits) some time this week.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

mesa's been deployed to natty now, so assume this issue is now a thing of the past.