Part or the entirety of the screen flickers when animating relatively large portion of the UI

Bug #988774 reported by Sentrist Starleaf
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)
Expired
Low
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Bug Description

Ubuntu 12.04 beta 2 running on Vaio VGN-CR353 (I'll provide more info upon request, I just don't know what to include here).

My screen flickers when (but not always) animating a relatively large portion of the screen such as switching workspace, minimizing/unminimizing windows, showing the Activities menu in GNOME3, dimming the background in favor of a dialog (such as the authentication dialog), but *not* when scrolling a content of a window. This problem has been around since the installation (in the Ubiquity's slideshow).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic-pae 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic-pae i686
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Thu Apr 26 17:29:57 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 4.1.12, 3.2.0-20-generic-pae, i686: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 [1002:718a] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:9015]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120328)
MachineType: Sony Corporation VGN-CR353_B
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-20-generic-pae root=UUID=4eff3177-d51c-49f0-ba29-952790eb4adf ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/02/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: R2101Q0
dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.board.name: VAIO
dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrR2101Q0:bd06/02/2008:svnSonyCorporation:pnVGN-CR353_B:pvrC102GM8Z:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: VGN-CR353_B
dmi.product.version: C102GM8Z
dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.6-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

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Sentrist Starleaf (starleaf1) wrote :
affects: ubuntu → xorg (Ubuntu)
bugbot (bugbot)
affects: xorg (Ubuntu) → xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)
bugbot (bugbot)
tags: added: flicker
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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Sentrist Starleaf, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p xserver-xorg-video-ati REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER

Please note, given that the information from the prior release is already available, doing this on a release prior to the development one would not be helpful.

Thank you for your understanding.

Helpful bug reporting tips:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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