Text in (some) openGL applications is scrambled

I am seeing this too when running stellarium, on Feisty with ATI Radeon 9200SE (RV280) graphics card with the free "radeon" driver,
with dri enabled.
Managed to get round this by downgrading libgl1-mesa-glx & ibgl1-mesa-dri from 6.5.2-3ubuntu7 to 6.5.1~20060817-0ubuntu4.
Tried 6.5.2-3ubuntu6 & 6.5.2-3ubuntu1 but problem remained.

Attached screenshot showing corrupt text.

I'm seeing this on an ATI Radeon Mobility 9000, but not on an Intel 845.

I 'have the same probleme on my feisty with an ATI Radeon 9200 (rv280) & free driver too !!

Here you can see my xorg.conf configured with my ati radeon 9200 (rv280) and my Acer monitor AL1715

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
 # path to defoma fonts
 FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
 Load "i2c"
 Load "bitmap"
 Load "ddc"
 Load "dri"
 Load "extmod"
 Load "freetype"
 Load "glx"
 Load "int10"
 Load "type1"
 Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
        Option "RENDER" "Enable"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
 Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
 Driver "kbd"
 Option "CoreKeyboard"
 Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
 Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
 Option "XkbLayout" "fr"
 Option "XkbVariant" "latin9"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Mouse"
 Driver "mouse"
 Option "CorePointer"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
 Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
 Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
 Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver "wacom"
  Identifier "stylus"
  Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
         # /dev/input/event
         # for USB
  Option "Type" "stylus"
  Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver "wacom"
  Identifier "eraser"
  Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
         # /dev/input/event
         # for USB
  Option "Type" "eraser"
  Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver "wacom"
  Identifier "cursor"
  Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
  Option "Type" "cursor"
  Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO]"
 Driver "radeon"
 BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
# Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" # Faster RENDER acceleration ###
# VideoRam 131072 # 128 MB VRAM ###
 Option "AccelMethod" "XAA" # Use XFree86 Acceleration Architectur...

Attached xorg.conf .
Im using Randeon 9200SE (RV280 Card) & Relisys Monitor.
Works fine with Mesa 6.5.1.
Also dont work on Gentoo with Mesa 6.5.2.......

Attached my xorg.conf

I am using a Radeon 8500 LE video card.

Using a Radeon R250 [Mobility FireGL 9000]

I'm encountering something similar with PPRacer on a Matrox G400. Other games also have problems (Neverball and SuperTux) but Tremulous and Open Arena are fine. However, the PPRacer problem is not evident in Gutsy Tribe 4.

Related forum thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=457528

Bug #114630 (menus in planet penguin racer appear as unreadable dashed lines) is probably a duplicate of this bug report.

I just found out that the game "crack-attack" suffers from the same problem. I could reproduce this bug on two different computers equipped with an ATI Radeon 8500 LE and an ATI Radeon 9200 PRO, respectively. Both use the open source ATI drivers.

Seem to be resolved with the Ubuntu Gutsy! (ATI Radeon 9200 (rv280) & free drivers) Nice!

I still have problems with Neverball but the regressions in SuperTux and PPRacer are gone.

> I still have problems with Neverball but the regressions in SuperTux and PPRacer are gone.

I just upgraded to Gutsy and for me PPracer, SuperTux and also Neverball work without problems (text is not scrambled anymore). Graphics card: Radeon 8500 LE.

I think this bug can be closed. All applications that showed this behaviour work now flawlessly for me in Gutsy Gibbon. I tested this with two computers, equipped with an ATI Radeon 8500 LE and a Radeon 9200 PRO graphics card, respectively (with the free software drivers).

Indeed, for me it works now in gutsy.

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Gesendet: 05.11.07 21:10:41
An: <email address hidden>
Betreff: [Bug 99158] Re: Text in (some) openGL applications is scrambled

I think this bug can be closed. All applications that showed this
behaviour work now flawlessly for me in Gutsy Gibbon. I tested this with
two computers, equipped with an ATI Radeon 8500 LE and a Radeon 9200 PRO
graphics card, respectively (with the free software drivers).

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