Screen areas sometimes get unrefreshable

[martonmiklos]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4295670/ubuntu_error.png

Sometimes an area of the screen get somehow freezed. It means that if I open a new window the unrefreshed area hides it. It is very annoying, because the only way to get rid of this is the restarting the xserver with ctrl-alt-backspace.

I have not noticed this issue if I start the ubuntu in low graphics mode (VESA driver).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.13.1-1ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Nov 8 19:18:10 2010
DkmsStatus: vboxhost, 3.2.10, 2.6.35-23-generic, x86_64: installed
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. X51R
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=394719a4-2271-4ffb-8f92-3299a224b4e8 ro quiet splash radeon.modeset=0
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=hu_HU.UTF-8
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati
dmi.bios.date: 07/31/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 209
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: X51R
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr209:bd07/31/2007:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnX51R:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnX51R:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: X51R
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: maverick
 architecture: x86_64
 kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic

[martonmiklos (martonmiklosqdev)]

Today I have faced with the similar issue in low graphics mode (VESA), so it is possible that the problem's source is not in the xorg ati driver.

[martonmiklos (martonmiklosqdev)]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4295670/vesa_error.png
As I remember well all the freezed areas are created using some contexxt menu. Windows and dialogs are not left these kind of mess after them.

[bugbot (bugbot)]

Hey martonmiklos,

Hi, have you had a chance to test if this bug is still present in natty?

If it does (and if you're the original reporter), please boot into natty
and run the command:

  apport-collect <bug-number>

which will update the bug with fresh logs and tag the bug as affecting
natty. (It is best to run this right after reproducing the problem.)

[martonmiklos (martonmiklosqdev)]

Unfortunatelly, (or for me fortunatelly) I have sold these notebook, and bought an Intel based one, which is working fine,

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Since the hardware is no longer available for doing troubleshooting with, we'll have to close the bug for now. However please feel free to reopen if you or anyone else has the same HW and can reproduce this issue using the latest development version of Ubuntu and is willing to do some troubleshooting with it.