Public bug reported: in 12.10 i notice screen corruption when using several applications: xaos and gpicview with older fglrx drivers this problem does not exist.
looks like a hardware draw from a buffer is reading from bad locations in memory. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: fglrx 2:9.000-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Oct 30 11:09:38 2012 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-06 (53 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120905.1) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: fglrx-installer UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal ** Attachment added: "xaos screenshot" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1073198/+attachment/3418727/+files/2012-10-30-110733_1920x1080_scrot.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1073198 Title: screen corruption when drawing buffers to screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1073198/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp