Unity 3D desktop crashes in Oneiric using ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Compiz |
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Undecided
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Unity |
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unity (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Summary: Unity 3D desktop crashes in Oneiric using ATI Mbility Radeon X1600
Problem:
There doesn't seem to be rhyme or reason to this, be it having Firefox running, opening a link in Chromium to open in a new tab or watching a .flv video clip, using the subcontextual menus of Thunderbird, or watching videos in Totem. The desktop crashes bringing one to the login screen. Sometimes the desktop crashes as it's appearing.
The last thing one sees is a black screen with text, and something about Pulseaudio, but I'm not sure it's an error as I see no red text (just white), and there's no time to read it before the login screen appears.
Steps to reproduce:
Login using Unity 3d.
Use your system.
Results
The desktop crashes
Login screen appears
Expected results:
No crashes.
Comments:
At one point I thought the problem was due to indicator-weather, but I removed it, and although crashes became less frequent, they increased drastically two days ago (after updating).
This behaviour was non-existent in Natty.
I went a whole day without this behaviour by logging in using Unity 2D, and went along using all the above apps to no crashes.
I noticed there is a history of problems with Radeon video drivers, but they didn't describe this type of crash, and they seemed to be fixed in Natty, which makes me think it might not be a regression.
The only other issue I can think of that might be related is that turning compiz plugins on and off (Widgets Layer, and Zoom Desktop), presumably the non-default one, crashes Unity. I looked into it and sources say that this could be an issue with my video card, which I find outrageous considering it's only a few years old (well within the 5 year margin for compiz support), which points to a faulty driver and/or lack of proper driver support.
System Info lists my graphics support as Gallium 0.4 on ATI RV530. I found that odd. Wikipedia says that the my video card, although based on the RV530, is NOT the ATI RV530. So, I don't know if it's a matter of the wrong driver being assigned and there's no longer a Xorg.conf file to check, so I'm at a loss.
Software
Release
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
Compiz
Installed: 1:0.9.6+
compiz-plugins-main
Installed: 1:0.9.6+
uname -r
3.0.0-12-generic
Hardware
First generation (2006) Intel MacBook Pro (Intel Core Duo, aka Yonah based processor) with an ATI Mbility Radeon X1600 video card.
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.tmp.unity.
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,
CompositorRunning: None
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-10-14 01:51:13.254265
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
ATI Technologies Inc M56P [Radeon Mobility X1600] [1002:71c5] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Apple Computer Inc. MacBook Pro [106b:0080]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
MachineType: Apple Computer, Inc. MacBookPro1,1
Package: xserver-
PackageArchitec
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcVersionSign
Tags: oneiric ubuntu regression-update
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic i686
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (43 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 10/12/06
dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: MBP11.88Z.
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: Mac-F425BEC8
dmi.board.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc.
dmi.board.version: PVT
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc.
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleCom
dmi.product.name: MacBookPro1,1
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
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affects: | xorg (Ubuntu) → xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) |
tags: | added: crash |
tags: | added: 3d |
summary: |
- Unity 3D desktop crashes in Oneiric using ATI Mbility Radeon X1600 + Unity 3D desktop crashes in Oneiric using ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
By the way, Widgets Layer, and Zoom Desktop are both off. And the extra non-default compiz plugins are not being used at all, although installed.