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Bug 354101 - x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.14.0: Display disturbances since upgrade
Summary: x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.14.0: Display disturbances since upgrade
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Library (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo X packagers
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Reported: 2011-02-08 15:23 UTC by Fabian Köster
Modified: 2011-12-20 18:03 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Fabian Köster 2011-02-08 15:23:38 UTC 
When upgrading from x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.13.2 to x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.14.0 I encountered display corruptions. They do not occur immediately after starting xorg/kde but after a while.

After downgrading to  x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.13.2 the problem disappeared.

Graphics chip is according to lspci: ATI Technologies Inc M52 [Mobility Radeon X1300].

This bug might be related to the following upstream bug: https://bugs.freedesktop.org//show_bug.cgi?id=33943


Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Helmuth Schmelzer 2011-02-12 03:36:51 UTC 
The provisional solution with using x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.14.0 is:

edit xorg.conf with nano or other editor:

#nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

add the option in section monitor:

Option      "ColorTiling" "False"

save the changes, restart X, = the X window system is not appears garbage or Display disturbances with urxvt or other app :)
Comment 2 Helmuth Schmelzer 2011-02-12 15:14:51 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> The provisional solution with using x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.14.0 is:
> 
> edit xorg.conf with nano or other editor:
> 
> #nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> 
> add the option in section monitor:
> 
> Option      "ColorTiling" "False"
> 
> save the changes, restart X, = the X window system is not appears garbage or
> Display disturbances with urxvt or other app :)
> 

Errata: add the option in section monitor: is in section device.sorry :)
Comment 3 Davide Pesavento (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2011-02-25 21:30:40 UTC 
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=31704510f448706524b7b7085cc4ff0ada7bfe7e this upstream commit should fix the issue.
Comment 4 Davide Pesavento (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2011-02-27 01:09:58 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)
> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=31704510f448706524b7b7085cc4ff0ada7bfe7e
> this upstream commit should fix the issue.
> 

xorg-server 1.10 has been released and contains the fix.
Comment 5 Jerome Asselin 2011-03-08 21:43:24 UTC 
My workaround (at the cost of a rather alarming 1-minute delay upon kernel init at reboot time) was to deactivate the in-kernel firmware blobs. It's probably safer to downgrade xf86-video-ati instead.

Device Drivers --->
  Generic Driver Options --->
  [ ]  Include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary
Comment 6 Fabian Köster 2011-11-02 17:35:43 UTC 
Sorry, my old ThinkPad T60 with Mobility Radeon X1300 is dead so I cannot verify the fix anymore. Does anyone else have this hardware and can verify?

Otherwise please feel free to close it.
Comment 7 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn gentoo-dev 2011-11-16 01:49:30 UTC 
closing per comment 6