Playing video crashes the desktop

[Christoffer Bördal]

Using fglrx (installed through jockey) on Precise Pangolin crashes to desktop.

Use any video player to open a video file (totem, vlc, smplayer).

Expectation: video plays.

What happens: screen goes dark, X crashes and you get the login screen.

Playing flash video in browser works just fine though.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xorg 1:7.6+10ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Mon Feb 27 15:17:44 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: fglrx, 8.911, 3.2.0-17-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Juniper [Radeon HD 5700 Series] [1002:68b8] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:0344]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120223)
JockeyStatus:
 xorg:fglrx_updates - ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
 xorg:fglrx - ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1532:0012 Razer USA, Ltd
MachineType: MSI MS-7309
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-17-generic root=UUID=41770ce5-ab1c-4056-84b0-2ec09914349f ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/23/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: V9.9
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: MS-7309
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV9.9:bd12/23/2009:svnMSI:pnMS-7309:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnMS-7309:rvr1.0:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: MS-7309
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: MSI
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu5
version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.30-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.1-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.1-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.99.901+git20120126-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Henri Cook (henricook)]

I have this exact problem with a 3-screen Radeon HD 6800 setup. I suspect it's also related to the fact that unity/gnome3 look horrible (no 3d?) which i'm not as bothered about, but just in case it's relevant. glxinfo says that I have direct rendering so i'm not sure what else to check or even what to try to fix?

Sad Panda :-(

[Henri Cook (henricook)]

My only guess is that these errors have something to do with it - how I can debug them I don't know. I'm assuming that 'no matching device' might be my on board graphics or similar and the 'ADL Handler' warnings are the more serious:

[ 414.051] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fglrx
[ 414.058] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@1:0:1) found
[ 414.315] (WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
[ 414.740] (WW) fglrx(0): Unable to register ADL handler for 0x00110000
[ 414.740] (WW) fglrx(0): Unable to register ADL handler for 0x00120000
[ 414.740] (WW) fglrx(0): Unable to register ADL handler for 0x00130000
[ 414.740] (WW) fglrx(0): Unable to register ADL handler for 0x00150000
[ 414.741] (WW) fglrx(0): Unable to register ADL handler for 0x00110000
[ 414.741] (WW) fglrx(0): Unable to register ADL handler for 0x00120000
[ 414.741] (WW) fglrx(0): Unable to register ADL handler for 0x00130000
[ 414.741] (WW) fglrx(0): Unable to register ADL handler for 0x00150000

[dazza5000 (darran-kelinske)]

I have the same setup as Henri Cook - HD 6800 on 3 monitor setup. Get video crashes everytime I try to start something with video - VLC, Movie Player, Cheese