[fglrx] Heavy Screen Corruption under compiz in Virtualbox

[Timo Witte]

weill add further info when i get to stable system in a moment

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: compiz 1:0.9.5.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-6.7-generic 3.0.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-6-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,compiztoolbox,mousepoll,place,vpswitch,grid,regex,move,snap,gnomecompat,resize,imgpng,dbus,animation,expo,wall,session,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,unitymtgrabhandles,fade,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Sat Jul 23 16:18:34 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-05-30 22:27:30.965030
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 ATI Technologies Inc RS880 [Radeon HD 4290] [1002:9714] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:d000]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
JockeyStatus: xorg:fglrx - ATI/AMD: proprietärer FGLRX-Grafiktreiber (Proprietär, Deaktiviert, In Benutzung)
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-890GPA-UD3H
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE:de
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-6-generic root=UUID=03e143b0-d2cd-4586-a32f-57b7f864303e ro single nomodeset
SourcePackage: compiz
UdevDb: Error: [Errno 2] Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-05-30 (53 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 03/18/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F5
dmi.board.name: GA-890GPA-UD3H
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF5:bd03/18/2010:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-890GPA-UD3H:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-890GPA-UD3H:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: GA-890GPA-UD3H
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.5.0-0ubuntu1
version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu13
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26+git20110604.6dd804c5-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.12.0~git20110711.d60880db-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.12.0~git20110711.d60880db-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu6
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99+git20110712.e8d0d437-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.0+git20110714.212fa986-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110623.ab89aa02-0ubuntu0sarvatt

[Timo Witte (spacefish)]

This only happens if compiz is used. ubuntu 2d works fine!
i am using the fglrx driver because using the ati/radeon one the screen stays black.

See the attached video!

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

Have you tried to reproduce this issue not using the propietary controller? Please could you check if this behaviour continues with the free/radeon controller instead? Thank you

[Timo Witte (spacefish)]

the radeon module doesn´t work the screen just stays black.. but i have the same issue with fglrx right now.. maybe this is another deeper problem in my system configuration.. i will try to reinstall my ubuntu, because i have updated from 10.04 up to oneiric and changed many things by hand.. which may have messed up /etc/alternatives...

[Jacobsallan (jacobsallan)]

I could not replicate this bug. I followed the instructions on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompositeManager/CompizFusion. I Tried the following: (1) Keyboard shortcut Alt-F2. (2) Enter the command 'compiz --replace'. (3) Wait. The window manager updated without problem. Tried 'gtk-window-decorator --replace' from within a terminal; successfully.

More details of your setup are required.

Running Ubuntu 11.10 alpha 3, installed by upgrading from 11.04.

uname -a:
Linux ceshannon 3.0.0-7-generic #9-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 29 21:27:24 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash

compiz:
  Installed: 1:0.9.5.0-0ubuntu2

graphics hardware:
product: Cedar PRO [Radeon HD 5450] [1002:68F9]
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities:
        vga_controller,
        bus mastering,
        PCI capabilities listing,
        extension ROM
configuration:
        driver: fglrx_pci
        latency: 0
resources:
        irq: 45
        memory: d0000000-dfffffff
        memory: fe8e0000-fe8fffff
        ioport: c000(size=256)
        memory: fe8c0000-fe8dffff

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

Thanks for the information, I have set this report as confirmed because I was able to reproduce it here locally with a HP DM1 laptop.

[Florian Brandes (florian-brandes)]

I can reproduce the same issue on Ubuntu 11.10 in VirtualBox using the provided virtualbox-guest-system driver (virtualbox-guest-dkms, virtualbox-guest-x11, virtualbox-guest-utils version: 4.1.0-dfsg-2ubuntu1) .

Unity2D works fine. Gnome 3 and Unity 3D show the same behavior.

[David Barth (dbarth)]

The issue should be due to a missing fglrx workaround that had been dropped. It's been fixed as of 1:0.9.5.92+bzr2791-0ubuntu1

Can you confirm whether the problem still occurs or not with this version.

[Florian Brandes (florian-brandes)]

Hello David Barth,

I can still reproduce the problem with compiz version: 1:0.9.5.92+bzr2791-0ubuntu1 in virtualbox.

[Alberto Milone (albertomilone)]

@Florian: please try it again with fglrx (on a real system, not in virtualbox)

[Florian Brandes (florian-brandes)]

@Alberto,

sorry for taking my time, but I had to install Oneiric on a SD-card due to a lack of other test devices (I usually do everything in virtualbox).
I do not have any screen corruption on my laptop using a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series with the fglrx driver.

[David Barth (dbarth)]

Thanks for the feedback.

It shows that the vbox bridge is creating an issue with fglrx. I think we can only document the issue for now, until someone has time to look into the vbox driver.

@Alberto: can you open a task with the right driver ID in Launchpad? Thanks

[David Barth (dbarth)]

Note that unity-2d is available for users experiencing that kind of issues with u-3d under virtualbox.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

thanks for your bug report. Is that still an issue in Ubuntu 12.04? Can you please test that an let us know?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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