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xserver-xorg-video-ati package

  1. Bug #444139
  2. Comment #34

Comment 34 for bug 444139

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Jacopo Lorenzetti (jacopol) wrote : Re: (Needs KMS) Background and full screen apps don't show up when Normal Visual Effects on (Radeon 7500)

confirmed here, after upgrading to karmic I had a black desktop and no icons.

enabling kms fixed it (only if I also do update-initramfs after enabling kms in modprobe.d), but sometimes I notice minor font corruption on some letters.

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
PciDisplay: 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE] (rev 01)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu7
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1