Really bad artifacting on Lenovo S10 after upgrade to Oneiric

[Jeff Lane ]

I just finished upgrading my Lenovo S10 netbook from Natty to Oneiric. Immediately after logging in, I noticed really bad artifacting on the desktop. I'm attaching a screen shot showing what I am seeing.

This was not an issue with Natty, it's only occurred since the upgrade.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,move,mousepoll,gnomecompat,place,regex,animation,imgpng,unitymtgrabhandles,grid,session,vpswitch,workarounds,snap,resize,expo,wall,fade,ezoom,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Fri Sep 30 17:00:19 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-09-30 07:16:52.608448
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 bcmwl, 5.100.82.38+bdcom, 2.6.38-8-generic, i686: installed
 bcmwl, 5.100.82.38+bdcom, 3.0.0-12-generic, i686: installed
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27ae] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3870]
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3870]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
MachineType: LENOVO Lenovo
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=d282272a-a6a5-451a-9f90-25a78a151b77 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-30 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 02/05/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 14CN56WW
dmi.board.name: Mariana
dmi.board.vendor: Lenovo
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Lenovo
dmi.chassis.version: Rev 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr14CN56WW:bd02/05/2009:svnLENOVO:pnLenovo:pvrLenovo:rvnLenovo:rnMariana:rvrRev1.0:cvnLenovo:ct10:cvrRev1.0:
dmi.product.name: Lenovo
dmi.product.version: Lenovo
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
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~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

[Jeff Lane  (bladernr)]

shows what I get when I move a terminal around the desktop

[Jeff Lane  (bladernr)]

Bumping this to High. It's really bad from a usability standpoint.

I should also add that this ONLY seems to affect Unity 3D on my S10. When I switch into Unity 2D, the artifacting is not an issue.

[beetlebolt (beetlebolt)]

This affects me too. Thanks for the picture. At first I thought the artifacts were caused by compiz when I was swtching between viewports with Ctrl-Alt left/right/up/down. But now I see that dragging a window within the same viewport causes the artifacting. So was guessing this is a compiz issue. It's also my experience that the problem goes away with unity-2d. And the problem only arose after upgrading to oneiric from natty.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[beetlebolt (beetlebolt)]

I have an Ausus U35f. It has an i3 processor and intel graphics (no nvidia):

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated G
raphics Controller (rev 18) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1017
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44
        Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
        Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        I/O ports at e080 [size=8]
        Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: i915
        Kernel modules: i915

[Aldini (peter-kreinhoefer)]

Nearly the same happen on my Lenovo S10 with Kubuntu when I did the upgrade to oneiric,
After login, the login screen fade to a black screen, only the mouse pointer are visibel
and can hear the login sound. Sometime a message box appears e.g. from akonadi or nepomuk.

[Aldini (peter-kreinhoefer)]

Responsible for the problem on my S10-3 was the prior made kde settings in natty, not this bug.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hey bladernr,

Hi, thanks for reporting this issue during the development period of
Ubuntu.

I notice there's not been further comments to the bug report since the
release came out, would you mind updating us on the status of it in the
release?

Are you still able to reproduce the issue? If not, do you think the bug
report can be closed, or do you think we should continue tracking it?

[bugbot (bugbot)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.

[Jeff Lane  (bladernr)]

Yikes... somehow I completely overlooked updating this.

Anyway, at some point (not sure when) and update did indeed resolve this issue. Unity seems happy, though the whole system seems a little sluggish (but that's to be expected on a first gen Atom with only 1.5GB RAM shared between video and CPU).

In any case, an update after release did indeed resolve the artifacting problems I was encountering. Good show!

[Jeff Lane  (bladernr)]

resolved by update.