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fglrx-installer package

Screen corruption when switching users from guest session

Bug #1073679 reported by Pierce Gerhart on 2012-10-31

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

When switching from the guest session to any other user the screen turns to "static." I can perform some actions with the keyboard and I can still see a box of static where the cursor should be.

I'd be glad to provide any other information that might be useful.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,place,mousepoll,move,imgpng,gnomecompat,unitymtgrabhandles,resize,session,grid,vpswitch,regex,wall,snap,animation,expo,fade,workarounds,ezoom,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Wed Oct 31 14:42:15 2012
DistUpgraded: 2012-10-19 21:59:41,797 DEBUG disabling apt cron job (0755)
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV710 [Mobility Radeon HD 4500/5100 Series] [1002:9553] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02be]
MachineType: Dell Inc. Studio 1555
MarkForUpload: True
ProcKernelCmdLine: root=UUID=046da21b-7a5a-4a95-8257-e2e95a2ca531 ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-20 (11 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 04/02/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A13
dmi.board.name: 0J276M
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A13
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: A13
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA13:bd04/02/2011:svnDellInc.:pnStudio1555:pvrA13:rvnDellInc.:rn0J276M:rvrA13:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA13:
dmi.product.name: Studio 1555
dmi.product.version: A13
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.4-0ubuntu3
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120913.8637f772-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.9-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu3

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Pierce Gerhart (piercegerhart) wrote on 2012-10-31:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (65.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootLog.txt Edit (11.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (2.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (6.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgLog.txt Edit (2.9 MiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (39.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmDisplayLog.txt Edit (2.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmGreeterLog.txt Edit (14.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmGreeterLogOld.txt Edit (8.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmLog.txt Edit (3.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (16.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (546 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
MonitorsGlobal.xml.txt Edit (2.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
MonitorsUser.xml.txt Edit (5.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (163 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (131.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (307.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UnitySupportTest.txt Edit (568 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (41.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (41.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (3.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (25.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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