[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1416186] Re: Periodically loss of backlight control

2015-03-09 Thread Jonathan Brier
The behavior is the lighting control works upon initial boot, but after leaving the computer on for multiple hours at some point the backlight ceases to respond and backlight controls are never regained until a shutdown or reboot of the system. I haven't tracked the exact pattern of actions that ca

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1416186] Re: [drm:radeon_acpi_init] *ERROR* Cannot find a backlight controller

2015-03-06 Thread Jonathan Brier
Tested with the daily-live from March 6, 2015 as well as the image+updates all booting from a live USB as suggested in comment 4. The backlight error still appears in dmesg -l err. The backlight controls work upon boot and I haven't noticed any losses of control. I haven't tracked down the reprod

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1416186] Re: [drm:radeon_acpi_init] *ERROR* Cannot find a backlight controller

2015-03-06 Thread Jonathan Brier
Model number is: E1R45AV Model description: HP ENVY 15Z-J100 NOTEBOOK PC -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1416186 Title: [drm:radeon_acpi_init] *ERROR* Cannot find a backlight cont

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1416186] [NEW] [drm:radeon_acpi_init] *ERROR* Cannot find a backlight controller

2015-01-29 Thread Jonathan Brier
Public bug reported: The dmesg lists an Error that the backlight cannot be found with dmesg -l err. The system test of the backlight controls pass, but periodically there is a loss of control of the backlight control where trying to brighten the screen or dim it with the keyboard controls does no

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1260827] Re: HD 5970 multi monitor radeon screen corruption

2014-04-01 Thread Jonathan Brier
the corruption returned with the latest update. Packages that changed are attached. ** Attachment added: "packages which were updated immediately before the corruption returned" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/1260827/+attachment/4059105/+files/corruptio

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1260827] Re: HD 5970 multi monitor radeon screen corruption

2014-03-30 Thread Jonathan Brier
After applying latest updates no corruption appearing again on 14.04. Will have to monitor as the dev revisions continue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1260827 T

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1260827] Re: HD 5970 multi monitor radeon screen corruption

2014-03-28 Thread Jonathan Brier
Correction the 3.14.0-031400rc8-generic latest build is starting to show the signs of corruption after prolonged use. I was running System Testing default test cases when I noticed the corruption starting to form in the same way as 13.10 shows. -- You received this bug notification because you a

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1260827] Re: HD 5970 multi monitor radeon screen corruption

2014-03-28 Thread Jonathan Brier
Looks like I spoke too soon about the 14.04 not having corruption issues. I conducted an upgrade to 14.04 today on this machine and the corruption is present when running the Ubuntu 14.04 kernel 3.13.0-20. I installed the latest build from the mainline 3.14.0-031400rc8-generic the corruption is n

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1260827] Re: HD 5970 multi monitor radeon screen corruption

2014-03-27 Thread Jonathan Brier
With a successful daily 14.04 image boot and testing the latest development image no corruption appears in the March 27, 2014 ubuntu trusty daily image booted off of a live usb. While corruption continues to occur in 13.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1260827] Re: HD 5970 multi monitor radeon screen corruption

2014-03-07 Thread Jonathan Brier
Corruption is still occurring with xorg edgers and oibaf. I cannot test on 14.04 dev version as there is a kernel panic as highlighted in bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1266900 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscri

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1237697] Re: Xorg crashed with SIGABRT in memcpy()

2014-03-07 Thread Jonathan Brier
Unfortunatly testing with 14.04 is not possible at the moment as this computer able to boot any of the daily images for testing see bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1266900 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1260827] Re: HD 5970 multi monitor radeon screen corruption

2014-01-28 Thread Jonathan Brier
No if my memory serves me correctly, in the beginning of using 13.10 there was no corruption with the mesa drivers. It was not until updates after its release did these corruptions begin to appear on this machine. The issues with fglrx have been intermittent. I believe at the initial launch of 1

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1260827] Re: HD 5970 multi monitor radeon screen corruption

2014-01-28 Thread Jonathan Brier
The corruption persists even with 3.13.0-031300-generic kernel and xorg- edgers ppa. fglrx is not acceptable to use as a workaround since fglrx has been unreliable for system and display stability. The open source drivers should be the focus of development especially due to the ability debug more

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1260827] Re: HD 5970 screen corruption multi monitor

2014-01-07 Thread Jonathan Brier
The Xorg Edgers PPA fixed the Steam dialogue box corruption and no corruption showed on the Kerbal Space Program, but as you can see from the latest screenshot there are horizontal lines on all three screens. I found that they appear when you hold a window such as the file explorer and while grabb

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1260827] Re: HD 5970 screen corruption multi monitor

2014-01-07 Thread Jonathan Brier
** Attachment added: "screenshot of steam dialogue box corruption" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1260827/+attachment/3942764/+files/steam%20corruptionScreenshot%20from%202014-01-07%2014%3A22%3A24.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubunt

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1260827] Re: HD 5970 screen corruption multi monitor

2014-01-07 Thread Jonathan Brier
I just updated and checked again and the horizontal corruption is present in the latest patched version of 13.10, but the kerbal corruption is fixed. Though now I'm seeing some corruption in the Steam app dialog boxes such as when warning the game is not supported on the system. Example double cl

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1260827] Re: HD 5970 screen corruption multi monitor

2013-12-13 Thread Jonathan Brier
** Description changed: When a window is open periodically horizontal corruption occurs on all the screens in this 3 monitor setup. I also see corruption more like a static in the shadow background on the game Kerbal Space Program. - The hardware config is three Samsung SynMaster XL2370

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1260827] Re: HD 5970 screen corruption multi monitor

2013-12-13 Thread Jonathan Brier
Not sure if the issue is related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video- ati/+bug/1239711 or a separate issue as the corruption is more intense now. These reports are from the same machine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1260827] Re: HD 5970 screen corruption multi monitor

2013-12-13 Thread Jonathan Brier
** Attachment added: "Second screenshot showing slightly different corruption in Kerbal Space Program seconds later" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1260827/+attachment/3928858/+files/Screenshot%20from%202013-12-13%2013%3A22%3A25.png -- You received this bug notification

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1260827] Re: HD 5970 screen corruption multi monitor

2013-12-13 Thread Jonathan Brier
** Attachment added: "Screenshot of corruption on three screens" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1260827/+attachment/3928857/+files/Screenshot%20from%202013-12-13%2013%3A19%3A23.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscr

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1260827] [NEW] HD 5970 screen corruption multi monitor

2013-12-13 Thread Jonathan Brier
Public bug reported: When a window is open periodically horizontal corruption occurs on all the screens in this 3 monitor setup. I also see corruption more like a static in the shadow background on the game Kerbal Space Program. The hardware config is three Samsung SynMaster XL2370 in a 5380 x 1

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1237697] Re: Xorg crashed with SIGABRT in memcpy()

2013-11-06 Thread Jonathan Brier
I've been able to consistently reproduce the corruption and crash. Attached is screenshot of the corruption before the crash. ** Attachment added: "steam big picture mode corruption on 3 displays" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/1237697/+attachment/390198

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1182701] Re: Radeon HD 5970 does not work on 13.04

2013-10-20 Thread Jonathan Brier
I've installed and run Ubuntu 13.04 with one and two AMD 5970 card using the default install just fine. Both Mesa and Catalyst drivers display with this card. Without system information and reproducible steps it is not possible to triage this at this time. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1239711] [NEW] desktop corruption on monitors 1 & 3 of 3 monitor setup with chrome open using amd 5970 cards

2013-10-14 Thread Jonathan Brier
Public bug reported: I noticed while chrome was open that I was getting lines of corruption showing on my desktop background. If I grab the window and move it then resnap it to the top or edge the corruption disappears then slowly returns. See attached screenshot ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease:

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1239711] Re: desktop corruption

2013-10-14 Thread Jonathan Brier
Attaching screenshot of the desktop corruption with chrome open. ** Attachment added: "desktop corruption screenshot" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1239711/+attachment/3877697/+files/corruption_backgroundScreenshot%20from%202013-10-14%2009%3A59%3A17.png ** Summary change

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1170418] Re: Unity Launcher and window borders missing upon login when using 3 monitors

2013-07-29 Thread Jonathan Brier
Made an edit for 3 screen arrangement in catalyst control center and hit apply which solved the ability to display the 3 screens since the selection in the display settings of Ubuntu would not set 3 screens. Reverted to xorg driver and all borders now appear. Not sure what the cause was or if thi

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1106556] Re: Steam display corruption [xorg-edgers]

2013-07-29 Thread Jonathan Brier
** Changed in: mesa (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to mesa in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1106556 Title: Steam display corruption [xorg-edgers] To manage notifications about thi

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1170418] Re: Unity Launcher and window borders missing upon login when using 3 monitors

2013-07-29 Thread Jonathan Brier
Now working with 3.8.0-27-generic kernel (possibly earlier, but first test in a while) ** Changed in: unity Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to mesa in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1170418 Ti

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1170418] Re: Unity Launcher and window borders missing upon login when using 3 monitors

2013-07-29 Thread Jonathan Brier
Now working with 3.8.0-27-generic kernel (possibly earlier, but first test in a while) ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to mesa in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1170418] Re: Unity Launcher and window borders missing upon login when using 3 monitors

2013-07-29 Thread Jonathan Brier
Now working with 3.8.0-27-generic kernel (possibly earlier, but first test in a while) ** Changed in: mesa (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to mesa in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1170418] Re: Unity Launcher and window borders missing upon login when using 3 monitors

2013-04-29 Thread Jonathan Brier
Downgraded to mesa package 9.0.3 and Unity and the launchers appeared as expected. Upon upgrading to the 9.1.1 package from 9.0.3 the reported issue of missing border and unity once again appeared. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1170418] Re: Unity Launcher and window borders missing upon login when using 3 monitors

2013-04-29 Thread Jonathan Brier
Per an IRC recommendation: I was told to run a backtrace on compiz and try downgrading to mesa 9.0.3. I have yet to understand the downgrade path - I have yet to test 9.0.3 after the 9.1 upgrade and 3 screen issue began. 9.0.3 worked fine before 9.1 became the latest package. I attempted a backt

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1106556] [NEW] Steam display corruption [xorg-edgers]

2013-01-26 Thread Jonathan Brier
Public bug reported: I am seeing corruption in Steam for Linux when trying to select a folder for confirming an installation location. See example of corruption attached. I am using xorg-edgers on Ubuntu 12.10. To reproduce in Steam: select a game to install select a location on a new drive to