Public bug reported: 3D rendering landed recently for Southern Islands cards. However there are some rendering glitches that happen rarely.
The most common of these is text rendering glitch in Firefox. What happens is that every now and then a letter is drawn incorrectly. It may be drawn as (semi)random pixels or a zoomed part of some other piece of text. On redraw (triggered by e.g. pgup + pgdown) the text is drawn correctly. Attached is an image showing the corruption. It is taken with a camera, because trying to do a screengrab forces a redraw which clears the error. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.2.0-0ubuntu10 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true Date: Fri Nov 1 12:09:23 2013 DistUpgraded: 2013-08-08 13:45:48,588 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: saucy DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 4.2.16, 3.11.0-11-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 4.2.16, 3.11.0-12-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 4.2.16, 3.11.0-13-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 4.2.16, 3.11.0-8-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 4.2.16, 3.11.0-9-generic, x86_64: installed DpkgLog: ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Cape Verde PRO [Radeon HD 7750] [1002:683f] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:0459] InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-20 (165 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) MarkForUpload: True ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-13-generic root=UUID=7dd49803-456a-4327-aeb5-7ea47105ef3e ro rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-08-08 (84 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 05/16/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp. dmi.bios.version: EBH7710H.86A.0101.2013.0516.1649 dmi.board.name: DH77EB dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: AAG39073-304 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrEBH7710H.86A.0101.2013.0516.1649:bd05/16/2013:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnDH77EB:rvrAAG39073-304:cvn:ct3:cvr: version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.10+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.46-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.2.1-1ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.2.1-1ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.14.3-3ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.2.0-0ubuntu10 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.904-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.9-2ubuntu1 xserver.bootTime: Fri Nov 1 09:39:25 2013 xserver.configfile: default xserver.devices: input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7 input Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard KEYBOARD, id 8 input Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard KEYBOARD, id 9 input Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse MOUSE, id 10 xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.14.3-3ubuntu2 xserver.video_driver: radeon ** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 saucy ubuntu ** Attachment added: "textcorruption.jpg" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1247043/+attachment/3897551/+files/textcorruption.jpg -- 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/1247043 Title: RadeonHD Southern Islands text rendering glitch To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/1247043/+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