[gutsy] only 3/4 of the screen is displayed properly, Dell Latitude D600
Bug #133468 reported by
rubinstein
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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compiz (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: compiz
Installed Gutsy Tribe 4 on my Dell Latitude D600 laptop. The live CD seemed to be OK, X settings were normal.
After the first start the laptop was unusable, because compiz was turned on and rendered only 3/4 of the screen. The gnome panel controls were not visible, so it was unusable.
I suspect that the video card (ATI Mobility Radeon 9000) hasn't got enough RAM to paint all of the screen when desktop effects are used. If I reduce the color depth to 16 bit compiz can be enabled (tried that with feisty).
So either compiz shouldn't be enabled by default for this laptop or the color depth will have to be reduced.
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I can confirm this issue in Gutsy Herd 5 running on a D600 as of 11:45PM on September 10th, 2007. The desktop was unusable upon reboot from install. I had to Alt-F2, run "gnome- appearance- manager" and disable all Desktop Effects, and restart Gnome in order to make the computer usable.