Ubuntu
xorg-server package

drawing of drop down boxes produces artifacts temporarily

Bug #726807 reported by Brian Murray on 2011-02-28

This bug affects 8 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	xserver-xorg-driver-ati	Fix Released	Medium	freedesktop-bugs #31017
	xorg-server (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	High	Bryce Harrington

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati

When clicking a menu like View in Audacity or clicking a drop down list in Firefox I briefly see artifacts before the list or menu is rendered.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: fee5e196cb921cbd36888f428b38b488
CheckboxSystem: 2a6f54df59af338184485e85cbcf0d32
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,scale,session,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: None
DRM.card0.DIN.1:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
modes:
edid-base64:
Date: Mon Feb 28 12:53:01 2011
DistUpgraded: Yes, recently upgraded Log time: 2010-11-29 08:39:20.158516
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:

GraphicsCard:
ATI Technologies Inc RV730 PRO [Radeon HD 4650] [1002:9498] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: XFX Pine Group Inc. Device [1682:2451]
MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell DXP051
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/zsh
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.38-5-generic root=UUID=615bf598-a228-4bcc-9e4c-2aceb30c7c3e ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-02-23 (4 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 10/28/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A02
dmi.board.name: 0YC523
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 7
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA02:bd10/28/2005:svnDellInc.:pnDellDXP051:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0YC523:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct7:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Dell DXP051
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.1~git20110215.cc1636b6-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6~3ubuntu8
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-1ubuntu11
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu5

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-02-28:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (65.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (245.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DRM.card0.DVI.I.1.txt Edit (371 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DRM.card0.DVI.I.2.txt Edit (371 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (36.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (13.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (560 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (5.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (150.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (299.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UnitySupportTest.txt Edit (973 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (57.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (116.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (6.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
monitors.xml.txt Edit (2.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
peripherals.txt Edit (1.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (25.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote on 2011-03-01:

I'm able to reproduce the issue on my -ati system. I first started noticing it around last Thursday after updating. I was updating the box pretty regularly last week, so I figure the regression must have started with some package updated Feb 23 or 24.

I am reproducing it in metacity. Brian, it looks as if you're also not using compositing, is that correct?

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → High
status:	New → Triaged

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-03-01:

Yes that is correct.

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2011-03-01

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Bryce Harrington (bryce)

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote on 2011-03-09:

Brian - with latest kernel and such, this issue appears to be gone. Can you confirm, are are you still seeing it?

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote on 2011-03-11: Re: [Bug 726807] Re: drawing of drop down boxes produces artifacts temporarily

On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 08:20:21PM -0000, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> Brian - with latest kernel and such, this issue appears to be gone. Can
> you confirm, are are you still seeing it?

Fwiw, I find I still notice it once and a while but it seems very much
reduced (almost unnoticeable, but still happens).

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote on 2011-03-11:

<brian> bryyce: I'm still see that X bug you asked about

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-03-11:

I also see outlines of windows when pressing Alt + Tab a bunch.

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote on 2011-03-12:

On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 09:33:16PM -0000, Brian Murray wrote:
> I also see outlines of windows when pressing Alt + Tab a bunch.

Yeah, I see that too

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2011-03-19

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu):
status:	Triaged → Confirmed

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote on 2011-03-21:

Brian Murray - I've forwarded this bug upstream to http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35519 - please subscribe yourself to this bug, in case they need further information or wish you to test something. Thanks ahead of time!

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Triaged

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2011-03-21

Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati:
importance:	Unknown → High
status:	Unknown → Confirmed

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Nicolas Delvaux (malizor) wrote on 2011-03-24:

#10

According to upstream, this is a bug in xorg-server ( https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34427 )

I tried the proposed patch ( https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=43859 ) and it fixed this bug for me.

Brian Murray (brian-murray) on 2011-03-24

Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati:
importance:	High → Unknown
status:	Confirmed → Unknown

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote on 2011-03-25:

#11

Changes:
xorg-server (2:1.10.0-0ubuntu2) natty; urgency=low
.
   [Chase Douglas]
   * patches/500_xi2.1.patch: Process ownership properly when activating an
     async passive grab (LP: #733483)
.
   [Bryce Harrington]
   * 217_revert_bgnonevisitwindow.patch: Cherrypick from upstream. Drops
     recent change that inhibits drawing backfill for non-bg-None windows.
     This causes a regression on -ati (at least) where menus and other
     windows display graphical corruption briefly.
     (LP: #726807)

affects:	xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) → xorg-server (Ubuntu)
Changed in xorg-server (Ubuntu):
status:	Triaged → Fix Released

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steubens (steubens) wrote on 2011-03-25:

#12

this happens on -intel too, fwiw

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote on 2011-03-25:

#13

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 06:07:34AM -0000, steubens wrote:
> this happens on -intel too, fwiw

I uploaded the aforementioned patch to xserver yesterday. I no longer
see the problem on my own hardware. You should verify that you are up
to date with latest xserver. If you are, and you still see problems, it
may be you have a similar but somewhat different bug.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2011-03-28

Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati:
importance:	Unknown → Medium
status:	Unknown → Confirmed

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Lucazade (lucazade) wrote on 2011-03-28:

#14

For me bug is fixed with latest xorg update,
this is the duplicate bug i've opened: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/726369

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JockeTF (jocketf) wrote on 2011-03-29:

#15

I'm not sure if this is the same issue, but when I right click on the desktop in Xorg 2:1.10.0-0ubuntu2 I often get this result:

http://i.imgur.com/Ou9QJ.png

As you can see, parts of the window and terminal aren't redrawn (and they probably shouldn't be, the menu never covered the window nor the panel). The artifacts persists until I force the panel and window to redraw by moving them around or switching workspace. It seems to happen more often when I right click in the lower left corner of the desktop.

I also often get some strange results when a window is set to "always on top" and "visible on all workspaces" and I switch workspace:

http://i.imgur.com/Vdr0x.png

I have an Intel 945GM GPU and the patch fixed a few other artifacts. The problem completely disappears when I start a compositing manager.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2011-07-04

Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati:
status:	Confirmed → Invalid

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2011-07-04

Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati:
importance:	Medium → Unknown
status:	Invalid → Unknown

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2011-07-04

Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati:
importance:	Unknown → Medium
status:	Unknown → Confirmed

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2011-09-25

Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati:
status:	Confirmed → Fix Released

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