Screen corruption when X starts
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xserver-
Often when I start X, I end up on a screen with a corrupted mouse pointer (looks like a square with static and some strange characters). TTY is spammed with error messages that also end up in syslog (see below). Tried restarting gdm, same result. This has happened several times and there has been a couple of updates in between.
Graphics card: ATI Radeon HD3200
Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick x64
Package version: 1:6.13.1
Aug 17 19:23:02 entropia kernel: [ 318.169278] [drm:radeon_
Aug 17 19:23:02 entropia kernel: [ 318.169281] [drm:radeon_
Aug 17 19:23:02 entropia kernel: [ 318.200828] [drm:radeon_
Aug 17 19:23:02 entropia kernel: [ 318.200834] [drm:radeon_
Aug 17 19:23:02 entropia kernel: [ 318.204044] [drm:radeon_
Aug 17 19:23:02 entropia kernel: [ 318.204050] [drm:radeon_
Aug 17 19:23:02 entropia kernel: [ 318.206756] [drm:radeon_
Aug 17 19:23:02 entropia kernel: [ 318.206762] [drm:radeon_
Aug 17 19:23:03 entropia kernel: [ 318.980174] [drm:radeon_
Aug 17 19:23:03 entropia kernel: [ 318.985337] [drm:radeon_
Aug 17 19:23:03 entropia kernel: [ 319.030580] [drm:radeon_
Aug 17 19:23:03 entropia kernel: [ 319.035976] [drm:radeon_
Aug 17 19:23:03 entropia kernel: [ 319.087232] [drm:radeon_
Aug 17 19:23:03 entropia kernel: [ 319.092755] [drm:radeon_
Aug 17 19:23:03 entropia kernel: [ 319.147018] [drm:radeon_
Aug 17 19:23:03 entropia kernel: [ 319.152903] [drm:radeon_
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xserver-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-14-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
DRM.card0.
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: On
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card0.
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: On
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
status: connected
enabled: enabled
dpms: On
modes: 1366x768 1280x720 1152x768 1024x768 800x600 848x480 720x480 640x480
edid-base64: AP/////
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: On
modes:
edid-base64:
Date: Tue Aug 17 19:34:27 2010
DkmsStatus:
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100803.1)
MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite L450D
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=sv_SE.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xserver-
dmi.bios.date: 11/17/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.bios.version: V1.20
dmi.board.name: NBWAE
dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.board.version: 1.00
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:
dmi.product.name: Satellite L450D
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: maverick
architecture: x86_64
kernel: 2.6.35-14-generic
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
tags: | added: corruption |
I worked around the mousepointer corruption on my system by
1.) Stopping X service and logging into the text console
2.) creating an xorg.conf via "x -configure" and copying this freshly created xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11
3.) entering this option:
Option "EXANoDownloadF romScreen" "true"
into the section which reads like this:
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "ati"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "RV610 video device [Radeon HD 2400 PRO]"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
YMMV as a Lucid is working here.