[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#596761: Bug#596761: Xorg crash and 2D rendering problems with fglrx-driver/glx

[Michael Gilbert]

On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:42:55 +0200, Albin wrote:
> Package: fglrx-driver
> Version: 1:10-8-1
> Severity: important
> 
> 
> I've installed fglrx-driver and (or?) -glx. After reboot, I'm having (among other things) the following problems directly related (as far as I can tell anyway) to the graphics adapter driver:
> * Fade effects when exiting gdm3 and entering xmonad are slow. Not extremely so, but still noticeably slower than with radeon(-hd).

this is a consequence of using a non-kms driver.  who knows if ati has
any plans to support that in their proprietary version.

> * Minor to major 2D rendering problems in conkeror (the xulrunner-based browser, that is), making thick black "shadows" around some input boxes, sometimes rendering entire web pages black, and thus the text unreadable until marked.

can you attach a screenshot (with a comparison to what you expect)?  do
you see this problem in any other applications?

> * Crash or possibly freeze (black screen, sometimes with, sometimes without the possibility of switching to console and restarting X) when launching openarena (though warsow ran without any problems that I could notice).

that's probably an issue with openarena itself.  it just went through
quite a few updates.  you could also check its bug reports and submit a
new one.  try testing other games as well.  if most have issues, then
its a fglrx issue otherwise its just an openarena issue.

mike