RV280 Radeon 9200 pro Hardware not fully supported.

[Ismael]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati

Chipset 128Mib

Proprietary drivers not found by Ubuntu

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Nov 21 19:02:06 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=d24aee94-6df6-497a-a915-05cc818c760c ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=nl_BE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
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
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 10/28/2004
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P1.60
dmi.board.name: P4V88
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.60:bd10/28/2004:svn:pnP4V88:pvr1.00:rvn:rnP4V88:rvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: P4V88
dmi.product.version: 1.00
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-14-generic

[Giorgio Sironi (piccoloprincipeazzurro)]

Are you using Karmic? I have the same video card and Karmic continuosly freezes while Jaunty has worked perfectly till now.

[Giorgio Sironi (piccoloprincipeazzurro)]

[17:17:38][giorgio@Marty:~]$ lspci -nn | grep VGA && glxinfo | grep "direct" && lsmod | grep radeon
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] [1002:5960] (rev 01)
direct rendering: Yes
radeon 342816 2
drm 96296 3 radeon

[Giorgio Sironi (piccoloprincipeazzurro)]

The problem is not in proprietary drivers, since people say Ati does not support. Both distro versions use open source drivers, but probably there is a regression in the new series.
Working version:
[17:19:04][giorgio@Marty:~]$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04
Codename: jaunty
[17:20:55][giorgio@Marty:~]$ uname -a
Linux Marty 2.6.28-12-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 1 19:27:06 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

[Ismael (ismael-grammenidis)]

I am indeed using Karmic (9.10), I'm facing some freezing problems as well. especially when minimizing or maximizing a window. Sometimes I think it's the operating system that blocks, but it's actually the graphic card where the problem is. I've also tried to install proprietary drivers, but after following all the different steps and instructions, it doesn't even show up in the drivers menu. I tried Catalyst, I also tried to install a different driver that was made for my graphic card (downloaded from the website of ati/amd). What a horrific experience.
When I rebooted my computer everything went black, I had to use the safe mode and needed to change something in a .conf file to mesa, in order to make it work again.

In jaunty I never had any problems, I could even use advanced desktop effects and compiz.

[Giorgio Sironi (piccoloprincipeazzurro)]

I suggest you to reinstall Jaunty until this bug is addressed - repeated crashes can destroy a filesystem and I had even to run fsck manually today to repair a partition (with considerable delay of startup).

[Ismael (ismael-grammenidis)]

Well to be honest, my computer hasn't crashed heavily or repeatedly yet. It is more like freezing and then it works again. I also notice it when watching video's (or at least trying to) that it hangs sometimes. Especially with Miro.
Gimp is of course a pain in the ass when I want to use heavy brushes and stuff like that. But if I really need to use it, I use the 9.04 LiveCD, I'm just too lazy to downgrade the whole thing...

I was looking around to maybe upgrade my computer in the near future, more RAM, new videocard etc...

[Karel Marik (kaja-marik)]

I wonder if this bug is related to this one: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-driver-ati/+bug/444139

[Ismael (ismael-grammenidis)]

Karel, thanks for posting this link.
I read the other bug and I actually think this bug might be related. I noticed some similarities and this bug also affects Compiz. Although it isn't the same ATi card, it sure is from the same series. I'll post a link to this bug in the other tread.

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

Please attach the Xorg.0.log from using no xorg.conf.

[Ismael (ismael-grammenidis)]

Xorf.0.log attachment

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"

[Ismael (ismael-grammenidis)]

2nd try:

[.cobnet (mattias-campe)]

I just installed Ubuntu 9.10 on a person his pc (dual boot with Windows) where it also had random crashes/freezes. When I switched off "visual effects" it seemed better, but I only had less crashes on that system. It was not that the problem was solved. This looks like a (very) severe bug to me, as it freezes the whole system.

Video: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (rev 01)
System: Ubuntu 9.10, latest updates installed

[.cobnet (mattias-campe)]

I bought a new motherboard and cpu. This motherboard doesn't support AGP, but I had some old - but still working - PCI video card (it's really PCI and not PCI-E). Unfortunately I have random crashes/freezes just like I had with that person that I've installed Ubuntu on. After a quick look it appeared that we are using the same videocard, but his is AGP and mine is PCI.

$ lspci -nn | grep VGA && glxinfo | grep "direct" && lsmod | grep radeon
03:07.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] [1002:5960] (rev 01)
direct rendering: Yes
radeon 684512 2
ttm 43056 1 radeon
drm 193856 4 radeon,ttm
i2c_algo_bit 7076 1 radeon

System: Ubuntu 9.10, latest updates installed

Is there any progress concerning this bug?

[shadetree (pde-gotsky)]

System is stable with no effects on, screen saver off. Any 3D starts the freeze issue and soon requires hard reset. Before total freeze, navigation slows with new windows reverting to a code pattern listing in panes like corruption.

lspci -nn | grep VGA && glxinfo | grep "direct" && lsmod | grep radeon
01:04.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] [1002:5960] (rev 01)
direct rendering: Yes
radeon 636000 2
ttm 36212 1 radeon
drm 159584 4 radeon,ttm
i2c_algo_bit 5760 1 radeon

karmic 2.6.31-17 generic
Dell Dimension 2400, P4 3.02HT GHz, 2GB Ram, Radeon 9250 256DDR

[Marco Ciampa (ciampix)]

My freeze problems went away after this configuration:

Section "Device"
        Identifier "Configured Video Device"
        Driver "radeon"
        Option "DRI" "off"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Default Screen"
        Monitor "Configured Monitor"
        Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Now the system is rock solid thought without 3D acceleration, 2D is working good...

[shadetree (pde-gotsky)]

Must not be any testing with this xorg.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

[This is an automatic notification.]

Hi Ismael,

This bug was reported against an earlier version of Ubuntu, can you
test if it still occurs on Lucid?

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  apport-collect 486367

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[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.

[Ismael (ismael-grammenidis)]

I did a clean install with ubuntu 10.04. The screen itself is no longer freezing or going black. I can even use normal visual effects now.

The only thing that still happens when watching some videos, the screen is sometimes shaky while the audio just continues. No matter if it's just a media player or through flash. When putting the video in full screen, the system or application no longer crashes.

Regards,