tint2 taskbar boots irregularly with xserver-xorg-video-ati, boots fine with proprietary driver
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xorg (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I run a little taskbar app called tint2. I boot it at startup, but about 50% of the time it isn't visible after booting. The other 50% it is. So I can reboot or logout/login until it sticks. At first I thought it was a bug in tint2, but now I have found that I don't get this issues when I run the AMD proprietary driver (fglrx). So I think it might be a problem in the xserver-
Additional note: when it does not display and I power off the computer, it is displayed for a brief moment before the computer shuts down. That makes me think that it is actually a display problem, not a problem of tint2 not booting at all.
If this is unlikely to be caused by the xserver-
Required info:
1) Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
2) xserver-
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.tmp.unity.
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnred
CompositorUnred
CurrentDesktop: Unity
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
vboxhost, 4.3.30, 3.13.0-61-generic, x86_64: installed
vboxhost, 4.3.30, 3.13.0-62-generic, x86_64: installed
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExtraDebuggingI
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0a16] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2216]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-10 (230 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
MachineType: LENOVO 20B30064MH
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1
PackageArchitec
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcVersionSign
Tags: trusty ubuntu compiz-0.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-62-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 02/19/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: GPET54WW (1.54 )
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: 20B30064MH
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: 0B98401 Pro
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:
dmi.product.name: 20B30064MH
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.60-
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
xserver.bootTime: Tue Sep 29 07:11:18 2015
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors: RADEON(G0): [XvMC] Failed to initialize extension.
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
product id 13549
vendor AUO
xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7
tags: | added: bios-outdated-1.65 |
stijn, thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:
apport-collect -p xorg 1448939
Please ensure you have the package xdiagnose installed, and that you click the Yes button for attaching additional debugging information.
When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/ReportingBu gs.