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[Bug 1390234] Re: Unity desktop misbehaves with applications that use direct rendering with the FGLRX driver

 

This seems to have been fixed with catalyst 15.3 driver(currently its
not available for download for linux unless you are using Ubuntu 15.04,
Canonical always gets amd driver first).

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Title:
  Unity desktop misbehaves with applications that use direct rendering
  with the FGLRX driver

Status in fglrx-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I've been using Ubuntu 14.10 for a while now, and I ended up switching
  to the FGLRX driver for performance reasons. My laptop is an Acer
  Aspire 5742G-7353 with an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 video chip on
  it. I have noticed that some applications (So far, I've only seen
  Blender and Chromium do this) displays a little bit (maybe 10-20
  pixels?) to the right when maximized. The drivers that are available
  from the ATI website worked fine, but I had to use the version from
  the repos since it no longer works with 14.10. Problem only exists in
  the repo version.

  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2225451
  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2241392

  Edit: I have switched to KDE and seen it happen in Blender with kwin
  compositing on. The bug disappeared immediately after disabling
  compositing.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: fglrx 2:14.201-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-24.32-generic 3.16.4
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-24-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:

  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CompositorRunning: compiz
  CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
  CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Nov  6 17:00:08 2014
  DistUpgraded: 2014-10-26 22:08:12,603 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
  DistroCodename: utopic
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  DkmsStatus: fglrx-core, 14.201, 3.16.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed
  GraphicsCard:
   Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Park [Mobility Radeon HD 5430/5450/5470] [1002:68e0] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0487]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-21 (15 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
  Lsusb:
   Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
   Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0402:9665 ALi Corp. Gateway Webcam
   Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  MachineType: Acer Aspire 5742G
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-24-generic root=UUID=4c5be90d-5004-4ef9-9229-6692e492d1e5 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: fglrx-installer
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-10-27 (10 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 09/27/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
  dmi.bios.version: V1.07
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
  dmi.board.name: Aspire 5742G
  dmi.board.vendor: Acer
  dmi.board.version: V1.07
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
  dmi.chassis.version: V1.07
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.07:bd09/27/2010:svnAcer:pnAspire5742G:pvrV1.07:rvnAcer:rnAspire5742G:rvrV1.07:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV1.07:
  dmi.product.name: Aspire 5742G
  dmi.product.version: V1.07
  dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12+14.10.20140918-0ubuntu1
  version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.56-1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.3.0-0ubuntu3
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.3.0-0ubuntu3
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.4.0-2ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.914-1~exp1ubuntu4
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu2
  xserver.bootTime: Thu Nov  6 16:51:13 2014
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.errors:
   open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
   AIGLX error: failed to open /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so, error[/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
   AIGLX error: failed to open /usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_dri.so, error[/usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
   AIGLX error: failed to open /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so, error[/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.version: 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1
  xserver.video_driver: fglrx

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