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xserver-xorg-video-ati package

  1. Bug #444139
  2. Comment #79

Comment 79 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 (ATI RV100/RV200 chipset)

I'm testing 2.6.32-020632-generic from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.32/ with RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE]

kms is not enabled by default and the desktop is still black.

enabling radeon modeset=1 option fixes the black background but unfortunately visual effects can't be enabled. I could only enable metacity compositing.

performances are very good, no flash video problems and the system seems stable.