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xserver-xorg-video-ati package

  1. Bug #444139
  2. Comment #83

Comment 83 for bug 444139

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Glyphobet (glyphobet) wrote : Re: (Needs KMS) Background and full screen apps don't show up when Normal Visual Effects on (ATI RV100/RV200 chipset)

I have an ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 Pro] video card. I was experiencing these issues after upgrading to Karmic 9.10.

 * black background under Compiz
 * windows larger than 1024px were black
 * full-screen videos in VLC or Totem were black
 * very choppy (~2 frames per second) full-screen compiz effects (like the desktop cube switcher effect, or the scale effect)

The steps in comment #3, to create /etc/modprobe.d/radeon-kms.conf, fixed the problem for me and returned my system to Jaunty performance levels.