https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75128
Priority: medium Bug ID: 75128 Assignee: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Summary: Artifacts Severity: normal Classification: Unclassified OS: All Reporter: publicface@bak.rr.com Hardware: Other Status: NEW Version: unspecified Component: Drivers/Gallium/r300 Product: Mesa
Gallium 0.4 on ATI RV370
From time to time artifacts in the form of dialog boxes appear and won't go
away.
Ubuntu 12.04 with kubuntu-desktop
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--- Comment #1 from Michel Dänzer michel@daenzer.net --- Please provide more information about the problem, e.g. attach screenshots showing the artifacts.
As always, please attach /var/log/Xorg.0.log and the output of dmesg.
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--- Comment #2 from publicface@bak.rr.com --- Created attachment 94251 --> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=94251&action=edit /var/log/Xorg.0.log
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--- Comment #3 from publicface@bak.rr.com --- Created attachment 94252 --> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=94252&action=edit output of dmesg
Note that I do not have a screenprint for two reasons... 1) I've already restarted kdm as the artifacts make it impossible to read the screen and 2) for whatever reason my screenprint (ksnaphot) stopped working and I've been unable to determine why or how to fix it.
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--- Comment #4 from Michel Dänzer michel@daenzer.net --- (In reply to comment #3)
- I've already restarted kdm as the artifacts make it impossible to read the
screen and 2) for whatever reason my screenprint (ksnaphot) stopped working and I've been unable to determine why or how to fix it.
There are many other tools for taking screenshots, or you could take a picture with a mobile phone or digital camera.
Without seeing a picture, 'artifacts in the form of dialog boxes appear and won't go away' sounds more likely to be an issue with some KDE component than with the drivers FWIW. What does xwininfo say when you click on a dialog box?
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--- Comment #5 from publicface@bak.rr.com --- I've been able to fix ksnapshot (I didn't know how to force a reinstall - now I do).
So since as I mentioned I already restarted kdm (and by inference, the X server) this problem can't be further explored at this time, what other tools/procedures should I be prepared with next time it happens?
screenshot /var/log/Xorg.0.log dmesg xwininfo
Anything else?
For the record, the reason I reported it here is due to a discussion with someone else. And I quote: "I moved away from ATi/AMD altogether to nvidia because of the constant screen corruption issues on both the open source and proprietary drivers".
Since changing cards isn't an option at this time, reporting the problem is a bit easier. It doesn't happen often, but it does happen every now and then.
Me personally I'm not interested in blaming anyone or anything. I don't care where the bugs are, other than in terms of getting them fixed. Since restarting kdm is almost as extreme as rebooting, I would like to see a way to reset the screen without having the net effect of being logged out. I don't know if that's something that could be accomplished in the driver, or where exactly it could be done.
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--- Comment #6 from publicface@bak.rr.com --- Created attachment 97449 --> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=97449&action=edit Screenshot
I made the switch to XFCE desktop... at least for awhile. Now I'm back to KDE for the moment, but the artifacts occurred during xfce usage.
Note: I stay logged in for weeks at a time. I don't reboot - or logout, unless something forces me to do so like a system update that requires a reboot... or artifacts that obscure the window so I can no longer see what I'm doing; or some other severe problem.
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--- Comment #7 from publicface@bak.rr.com --- Created attachment 97451 --> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=97451&action=edit Another screenshot
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--- Comment #8 from publicface@bak.rr.com --- Created attachment 97452 --> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=97452&action=edit Third and final screenshot
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--- Comment #9 from Michel Dänzer michel@daenzer.net --- Thanks for the screenshots. Please provide the output from xwininfo.
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--- Comment #10 from publicface@bak.rr.com --- Created attachment 99748 --> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=99748&action=edit screenshot
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--- Comment #11 from publicface@bak.rr.com --- Created attachment 99749 --> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=99749&action=edit xwininfo
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--- Comment #12 from publicface@bak.rr.com --- Created attachment 99750 --> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=99750&action=edit xprop
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--- Comment #13 from publicface@bak.rr.com --- Created attachment 99751 --> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=99751&action=edit output of dmesg
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--- Comment #14 from publicface@bak.rr.com --- A fresh set of files for you, for a fresh artifact.
Files include screenshot, dmesg (minus several thousand lines of output from iptables that I assume you're not interested in), Xorg.0.log, xwininfo and xprop (redacted).
The artifact occurred while trying to copy some selected/highlighted text with a right-click. The copy window never actually appeared, other than the artifact you see in the screenshot. Note that the artifact is "top-level" and obscures all other windows.
Please advise.
Thank you
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--- Comment #15 from publicface@bak.rr.com --- I tried to paste /var/log/Xorg.0.log here and also tried to attach it. bugzilla barfs in both cases (I presume because of the size of it). If you still need to see it, then please suggest an alternate method of getting it to you.
Thank you
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Michel Dänzer michel@daenzer.net changed:
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--- Comment #16 from Michel Dänzer michel@daenzer.net --- Looks like it's a Google Chrome window. Might be an issue in Google Chrome, or possibly in kwin (e.g. if you can't close it via right-click / Alt-F4 / ...). Presumably you should be able to get rid of it with xkill though.
Either way, it's not a driver issue.
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publicface@bak.rr.com changed:
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--- Comment #17 from publicface@bak.rr.com --- That particular window was just ONE example that happened to be available at the time I was able to get the snapshot. The fact of the matter is more than one application leaves artifacts, not just google chrome. One of those screenshots clearly shows a dialpad - which comes from jitsi.
Therefore it is not likely to be an application issue, as at least two applications leave artifacts as can be seen from the screenshot.
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--- Comment #18 from Michel Dänzer michel@daenzer.net --- Looking at your older screenshots, I agree that looks like it might be a different issue. But we'll need to see the xwininfo output for that case as well then.
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