[rv350 9550] Graphical artifacts present when resuming from sleep.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
No idea what is causing the problem, but when I resume from sleep (gnome-
Ubuntu 8.10 i386-generic
Default graphics drivers for ATI Radeon 9550 (RV350)
xserver-
$ lsmod | grep radeon
radeon 147616 2
drm 86056 3 radeon
Default appearance settings (Visual Effects: Normal)
compiz/
compizconfig
compiz-
$ pgrep comp
16462 compiz
16528 compiz.real
16538 compiz-decorato
$ cat xorg.conf
$ [AKA: file exists, but is empty]
Artifacts can be removed immediately by logging out & back in.
Also can be removed by using the gnome menus (i.e. Applications/
Not high priority, but very ugly and messy. Kinda seems like the shadowing is all artifact-ed out.
Notes on the picture: The menu is usually visible on the top, the weird static is a common ati gfx problem that occurred when I snapped the picture. The problem I am reporting is the messed up border seen around the bottom bar and around the top bar. I can get better picture if needed, including the right-click menu and other menus.
I have the same chipset (ATI Radeon 9700, but it is rv350) and I am seeing the same artifacts as you. Thus marking confirmed. /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ compiz/ +bug/272969) , though I do not know if it is a duplicate. But there is definitely a workaround that fixes this for me: Option "AccelMethod" "exa"
There is a similar bug (https:/
to the device section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
Please try if it fixes the issue for you. BTW:if it does not, the quickest way to get rid of the artifacts is to get to another virtual console and then back (alt+ctr+f6, then alt+ctrl+f7).
Also, I do not know if it matters that I do have compiz running - I can of course test.
I hope I got the assignation and affected package right. If not, please reassign.