Comment 8 for bug 295313

I Can confirm that is a problem in Karmic final release.

This only occurs with certain applications (epiphany, grsync, pidgin to name a few). I am also going to attribute this error with a complete loss of system stability. Whenever any of these programs are running the mouse slows down, mouse clicks work intermittently, and after of period of hours (2 to 24) the system will sieze absolutely.

I have to use flgrx as the ati/radeon drivers will not let me control which screen I want the menu panels.

Here are some useful outputs:

# uname -a
Linux pc-ubuntu-01 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

$ lspci | grep -i vga
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV 630 XT AGP [Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP]

# dpkg --list | grep fglrx
ii fglrx-amdcccle 2:8.660-0ubuntu4 Catalyst Control Center for the ATI graphics
ii fglrx-kernel-source 2:8.660-0ubuntu4 Kernel module source for the ATI graphics ac
ii fglrx-modaliases 2:8.660-0ubuntu4 Identifiers supported by the ATI graphics dr
ii xorg-driver-fglrx 2:8.660-0ubuntu4 Video driver for the ATI graphics accelerato

# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

# xorg.conf.failsafe (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "Dual Head Layout"
 Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
 Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
 Option "Xinerama" "on"
 Option "Composite" "On"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Monitor0"
 VendorName "Mitsubishi"
 ModelName "E85LCD" <-- uses DVI to VGA
 Option "DPMS" "true"
 Option "Disable" "false"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Monitor1"
 VendorName "Samsung" <-- DVI only
 ModelName "SyncMaster 2333"
 Option "DPMS" "true"
 Option "Disable" "false"
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Device0"
 Driver "fglrx"
 BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
 Option "Monitor-CRT1" "Monitor0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Device1"
 Driver "fglrx"
 BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
 Option "Monitor-DFP1" "Monitor1"
 Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Screen0"
 Device "Device0"
 DefaultDepth 24
 SubSection "Display"
  Viewport 0 0
  Depth 24
 EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Screen1"
 Device "Device1"
 DefaultDepth 24
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 24
 EndSubSection
EndSection

# cat Xorg.0.log | egrep "WW|EE"
 (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(WW) Falling back to old probe method for fglrx
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@1:0:1) found
(WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
(WW) fglrx(1): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
(WW) fglrx(1): Unable to register ADL handler for 0x00110000
(WW) fglrx(1): Unable to register ADL handler for 0x00120000
(WW) fglrx(1): Unable to register ADL handler for 0x00130000
(WW) fglrx(0): could not detect X server version (query_status=-1)
(WW) fglrx(1): could not detect X server version (query_status=-1)

(full output Xorg.0.log is attached).