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["Dipl.-Ing. \(FH\) Johannes Neugschwentner" <1510180@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Neither the proprietery nor the open source driver work well for my ATI
graphics card.

The OS driver is the better choice, as it crashes about twice a day and that's it ...
Crashes = strange patterns filling the screen plus X crashing (Keyboard combinations don't have effect anymore I think ... tried to quit my code editor with alt+f4 which should have closed all sourcefiles I was working on, still some of them were scrambled after reboot)

The proprietary driver works well for some time, then brings on all kinds of artifacts, displaying old (buffered) parts of windows where they aren't etc., for example on mouse scrolling ... unusable really
The Troubleshooting guide says something to check and by trial n error fix this in the BIOS by trying all AGP APERTURE SIZE settings ... well, I ain't got no AGP, I got the new stuff (ahemmm ... forget the name ...)
Also, I read it doesn't work with the new kernel of Ubuntu Wily ... so I guess I'm in luck I switched back in time.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-16.19-lowlatency 4.2.3
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-lowlatency x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:
 
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,staticswitcher,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,dbus]
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Oct 26 12:42:14 2015
DistUpgraded: 2015-10-23 23:59:32,729 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: wily
DistroVariant: ubuntu
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GpuHangFrequency: Several times a day
GpuHangReproducibility: Seems to happen randomly
GpuHangStarted: Since before I upgraded
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Bonaire XTX [Radeon R7 260X/360] [1002:6658] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: XFX Pine Group Inc. Device [1682:7260]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-21 (338 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.2)
MachineType: ASUS All Series
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-16-lowlatency root=UUID=72fb5ab9-1811-4038-a327-f02734b8adbb ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
SystemImageInfo: Error: command ['system-image-cli', '-i'] failed with exit code 2:
Title: Xorg freeze
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-10-24 (2 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 06/13/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2001
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: H97I-PLUS
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2001:bd06/13/2014:svnASUS:pnAllSeries:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnH97I-PLUS:rvrRevX.0x:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: All Series
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUS
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+15.10.20151015-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.64-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.0.2-1ubuntu4
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.0.2-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.2-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.5.0+git20150819-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20150808-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu3
xserver.bootTime: Mon Oct 26 12:28:10 2015
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:
 
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9
xserver.video_driver: radeon

** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 freeze ubuntu wily

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Title:
  Xorg freeze

Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Neither the proprietery nor the open source driver work well for my
  ATI graphics card.

  The OS driver is the better choice, as it crashes about twice a day and that's it ...
  Crashes = strange patterns filling the screen plus X crashing (Keyboard combinations don't have effect anymore I think ... tried to quit my code editor with alt+f4 which should have closed all sourcefiles I was working on, still some of them were scrambled after reboot)

  The proprietary driver works well for some time, then brings on all kinds of artifacts, displaying old (buffered) parts of windows where they aren't etc., for example on mouse scrolling ... unusable really
  The Troubleshooting guide says something to check and by trial n error fix this in the BIOS by trying all AGP APERTURE SIZE settings ... well, I ain't got no AGP, I got the new stuff (ahemmm ... forget the name ...)
  Also, I read it doesn't work with the new kernel of Ubuntu Wily ... so I guess I'm in luck I switched back in time.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-16.19-lowlatency 4.2.3
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-lowlatency x86_64
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
   
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,staticswitcher,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,dbus]
  CompositorRunning: compiz
  CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
  CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon Oct 26 12:42:14 2015
  DistUpgraded: 2015-10-23 23:59:32,729 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
  DistroCodename: wily
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
  GpuHangFrequency: Several times a day
  GpuHangReproducibility: Seems to happen randomly
  GpuHangStarted: Since before I upgraded
  GraphicsCard:
   Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Bonaire XTX [Radeon R7 260X/360] [1002:6658] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: XFX Pine Group Inc. Device [1682:7260]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-21 (338 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.2)
  MachineType: ASUS All Series
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-16-lowlatency root=UUID=72fb5ab9-1811-4038-a327-f02734b8adbb ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: xorg
  Symptom: display
  SystemImageInfo: Error: command ['system-image-cli', '-i'] failed with exit code 2:
  Title: Xorg freeze
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-10-24 (2 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 06/13/2014
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 2001
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: H97I-PLUS
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
  dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2001:bd06/13/2014:svnASUS:pnAllSeries:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnH97I-PLUS:rvrRevX.0x:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
  dmi.product.name: All Series
  dmi.product.version: System Version
  dmi.sys.vendor: ASUS
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+15.10.20151015-0ubuntu1
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.64-1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.0.2-1ubuntu4
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.0.2-1ubuntu4
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.2-1ubuntu1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.5.0+git20150819-0ubuntu1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20150808-0ubuntu4
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu3
  xserver.bootTime: Mon Oct 26 12:28:10 2015
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.errors:
   
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.version: 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9
  xserver.video_driver: radeon

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