[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#642703: general: Scan lines appear in drop-down menus. LibreOffice also shows artifacts when starting. Might be something to do with the version of fglrx.

[Jonathan Nieder]

Hi Jack,

Jack Saunders wrote:

> Yes this is showing up when using the fglrx driver in Wheezy with its
> standard kernel. It is also present - but to a somewhat lesser extent,
> with the open source xorg-radeon driver in Wheezy. The problem does
> not show at all in Squeezy using either the fglrx driver or the open
> source driver. So squeezy is perfect here in this regard. The problem
> is still there in Wheezy when using the earlier Squeezy 2.6.32 kernel.
> So could be an Xorg problem problem rather than an fglrx problem - or
> both. 8-o.
>
> Let me know if you need anything else.

Could you attach:

 - a screenshot or photograph of the screen exhibiting the problem
 - output from

	/usr/share/bug/linux-image-$(uname -r)/script 3>&1

 - output from

	/usr/share/bug/fglrx-driver/script 3>&1

How reproducible is this?  I.e., does it always happen right away,
or does it take five minutes or so?  Do any particular actions make
it easier to trigger?

Ideally, if you can trigger it at will, please boot without the fglrx
driver, trigger the problem using the open source driver, and then
attach "dmesg" output.

How long ago did this start happening (if you remember)?  Can you
reproduce it using the kernel from squeeze with the open source radeon
X driver from wheezy, or using the kernel from wheezy with the radeon
X driver from squeeze?

That's all I can think of for now.  The screenshot or photograph would
be the most helpful bit, I think.

Thanks much,
Jonathan