unidentified fglrx video glitch under firefox which can end in video half shifted
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xorg (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Hi,
I don't known where I should exactly post this bug.
I will try to describe it.
Seems to appear since I upgraded from xubuntu 12.04.3 LTS to 13.10.
I'm running it on a Compaq laptop : compaq pressario cq57-421
with Graphiques AMD Radeon HD 6310
lspci -nn | grep VGA
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Wrestler [Radeon HD 6310] [1002:9802]
This is a sporadic bug which seems to start under some web pages only. It starts by glitching the screen, slowly more or less frequently depending on the "faulty" web pages. Some small glitch 2 or 3 by minute to 1 by second. If I stay on the page it could end to screen to be half shifted. See attached picture.
Today, after reinstalling the fglrx package. It ended on a simple 3 or 4 pixels bottom glitching video, only on the faulty web page. The whole system seems not te be impacted as on the picture. During the glitching phase the frequency was 1 by sec or more.
It could become form a bad upgrade, from the OS, the graphic driver, the X11 configuration, or the browser…
Sorry to be such evasive at the moment.
Trying the Open source graphical driver (xserver-
Sorry if this report is in the wrong place, please point me to a more appropriate one.
I've bookmarked a URL which reproduce the bug: a linkedin.com profile when I'm logged in, not very useful.
only at the top of the page, scrolling stop the glitching…
Some versions information…
lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 13.10
Release: 13.10
uname -a
Linux xubuntu-laptop 3.11.0-15-generic #23-Ubuntu SMP Mon Dec 9 18:16:27 UTC 2013 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux
dpkg -l | grep fglrx
ii fglrx 2:13.200~
ii fglrx-amdcccle 2:13.200~
glxinfo | grep OpenGL
OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.3.12438 Core Profile Context 13.20.5
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.30
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 4.3.12438 Compatibility Profile Context 13.20.5
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.30
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: compatibility profile
OpenGL extensions:
fglrxinfo -v | grep OpenGL
OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics
OpenGL version string: 4.3.12438 Compatibility Profile Context 13.20.5
OpenGL extensions:
Nom: Firefox
Version: 26.0
Agent utilisateur: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux i686; rv:26.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/26.0
Nom: Ubuntu Firefox Modifications
Version: 2.8
Activée: false
ID: <email address hidden>
Accélération graphique
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Description de la carte: ATI Technologies Inc. -- AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics
Fenêtres avec accélération graphique: 0/3 Basic
ID du périphérique: AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics
ID du vendeur: ATI Technologies Inc.
Rendu WebGL: ATI Technologies Inc. -- AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics
Version du pilote: 4.3.12438 Compatibility Profile Context 13.20.5
windowLayerMana
AzureCanvasBackend: cairo
AzureContentBac
AzureFallbackCa
AzureSkiaAccele
apt-cache policy fglrx
fglrx:
Installé : 2:13.200~
Candidat : 2:13.200~
Table de version :
*** 2:13.200~
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
2:
500 http://
apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
Installé : 26.0+build2-
Candidat : 26.0+build2-
Table de version :
*** 26.0+build2-
500 http://
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
24.
500 http://
dpkg -l | grep xserver-xorg-video
ii xserver-
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu6
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic i686
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jan 16 12:35:24 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-22 (420 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-11-28 (49 days ago)
tags: | added: needs-full-computer-model |
Sylvain Viart, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Saucy reached EOL on July 17, 2014. /wiki.ubuntu. com/Releases
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https:/
Is this an issue on a supported release?
If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in a terminal as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:
apport-collect -p xorg REPLACE- WITH-BUG- NUMBER
Please ensure you have xdiagnose installed, and that you click the Yes button for attaching additional debugging information.