certain apps cannot paint some UI elements past ~2600px horizontally when using Virtual in xorg.conf

[nik.mnet]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati

I am running Karmic (gnome) with an ATI Radeon x300 PCIE and two Dell LCDs. My screen is setup as "Virtual 3600 1200" in xorg.conf.

Some application UI elements go missing if placed too far on the right monitor. They re-appear if I drag the application window to the left of this magic line (~2600px from the left edge of the overall virtual desktop, ~1/2 way across my right screen).

Examples - tooltips in OpenOffice, text in some wine apps, some icons in gnome system notification area.

I was previously running the ATI proprietary driver under Jaunty with the same Xorg setup and had no problems. I was forced to switch to "xserver-xorg-video-ati" as ATI have dropped support for this card under their driver.

Please let me know if I can supply further info. I will attach my xorg.conf.

---
> lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10

> apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-ati
xserver-xorg-video-ati:
  Installed: 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://mirror.internode.on.net karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Nov 30 12:46:57 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: Dell Inc. Dimension 8400
Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=ec717dc4-d74a-4b99-9217-e923f2da8ac4 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=en_AU.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: 03/16/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A05
dmi.board.name: 0U7077
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA05:bd03/16/2005:svnDellInc.:pnDimension8400:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0U7077:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct6:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Dimension 8400
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-14-generic

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

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Hi nik.mnet,

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

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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.