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[Bug 1212455] Re: Flash 11.2 content displays in shades of green and purple only, and in a horizontally compressed space
John Hupp, as per
http://www.dell.com/support/troubleshooting/us/en/19/Product/dimension-2400
an update is available for your BIOS (A05). If you update to this, does
it change anything?
If not, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so
posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful.
Thank you for your understanding.
** Description changed:
- The issue seems related to the Intel (845G) integrated graphics. I have
- not seen the behavior on other hardware.
-
In my testing with the Intel driver using its default acceleration:
- Flash 11.2 works on Quantal with the 3.5 kernel
- Flash 11.2 works on Raring with the 3.5.0-17 kernel (though it boots to a low-res desktop with a frozen pointer)
- Flash 11.2 works on Raring also with the 3.6.11-030611 or 3.7.10-030710 mainline kernels
- Flash 11.8 works on Raring with the 3.8 kernel (in Chrome)
- Flash 11.2 fails on Raring with the 3.8 kernel
- Flash 11.2 fails on Raring with the latest mainline kernel, 3.11.0-031100rc5
- Flash 11.2 fails on Saucy alpha 2 with its default kernel
Disabling Flash *hardware* acceleration altogether (via R-click in the
Flash display window: Settings: General tab) did not fix the problem.
- Setting the Intel driver's acceleration method to UXA rather than its
- default SNA *always* fixes the Flash problem, but causes a garbled login
- screen under LightDM that so far has no workaround.
+ WORKAROUND: Setting the Intel driver's acceleration method to UXA rather
+ than its default SNA *always* fixes the Flash problem, but causes a
+ garbled login screen under LightDM that so far has no workaround.
I also tried one possible fix for the default Intel SNA acceleration using the TearFree option. I created /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf with contents:
- Section "Device"
- Identifier "Intel Graphics"
- Driver "intel"
- Option "AccelMethod" "sna"
- Option "TearFree" "true"
- EndSection
+ Section "Device"
+ Identifier "Intel Graphics"
+ Driver "intel"
+ Option "AccelMethod" "sna"
+ Option "TearFree" "true"
+ EndSection
But this had no effect.
-
- There was a helpful bug report file against Linux at
- http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1178982.
- Workarounds posted there were to change the Xorg acceleration method to
- UXA, or boot with an older kernel. The bug was closed only because the
- original poster didn't have possession of the machine anymore.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: linux-image-3.8.0-27-generic 3.8.0-27.40
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-27.40-generic 3.8.13.4
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-27-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
- USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
- /dev/snd/controlC0: user1 1467 F.... lxpanel
+ USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
+ /dev/snd/controlC0: user1 1467 F.... lxpanel
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iw'
CurrentDmesg:
- [ 72.390428] serial8250: too much work for irq17
- [ 72.401696] serial8250: too much work for irq17
- [ 72.411724] serial8250: too much work for irq17
- [ 82.046726] serial8250: too much work for irq17
+ [ 72.390428] serial8250: too much work for irq17
+ [ 72.401696] serial8250: too much work for irq17
+ [ 72.411724] serial8250: too much work for irq17
+ [ 82.046726] serial8250: too much work for irq17
Date: Wed Aug 14 17:39:10 2013
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=8adf1633-c1a8-4392-8fc3-44369bc85692
IwConfig:
- lo no wireless extensions.
-
- eth0 no wireless extensions.
+ lo no wireless extensions.
+
+ eth0 no wireless extensions.
Lsusb:
- Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
- Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
- Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
- Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
+ Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
+ Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
+ Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
+ Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation Dimension 2400
MarkForUpload: True
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-27-generic root=UUID=a41f2f68-7642-46f9-88d8-08a656c1c40d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
- linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-27-generic N/A
- linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-27-generic N/A
- linux-firmware 1.106
+ linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-27-generic N/A
+ linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-27-generic N/A
+ linux-firmware 1.106
RfKill:
-
+
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/02/2003
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.bios.version: A05
dmi.board.name: 0F5949
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corp.
dmi.board.version: A01
dmi.chassis.type: 15
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA05:bd12/02/2003:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnDimension2400:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorp.:rn0F5949:rvrA01:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct15:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Dimension 2400
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
** Summary changed:
- Flash 11.2 content displays in shades of green and purple only, and in a horizontally compressed space
+ 8086:2562 Flash 11.2 content displays in shades of green and purple only, and in a horizontally compressed space
** Tags added: bios-outdated-a05 needs-upstream-testing regression-
release
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
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Title:
8086:2562 Flash 11.2 content displays in shades of green and purple
only, and in a horizontally compressed space
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
In my testing with the Intel driver using its default acceleration:
- Flash 11.2 works on Quantal with the 3.5 kernel
- Flash 11.2 works on Raring with the 3.5.0-17 kernel (though it boots to a low-res desktop with a frozen pointer)
- Flash 11.2 works on Raring also with the 3.6.11-030611 or 3.7.10-030710 mainline kernels
- Flash 11.8 works on Raring with the 3.8 kernel (in Chrome)
- Flash 11.2 fails on Raring with the 3.8 kernel
- Flash 11.2 fails on Raring with the latest mainline kernel, 3.11.0-031100rc5
- Flash 11.2 fails on Saucy alpha 2 with its default kernel
Disabling Flash *hardware* acceleration altogether (via R-click in the
Flash display window: Settings: General tab) did not fix the problem.
WORKAROUND: Setting the Intel driver's acceleration method to UXA
rather than its default SNA *always* fixes the Flash problem, but
causes a garbled login screen under LightDM that so far has no
workaround.
I also tried one possible fix for the default Intel SNA acceleration using the TearFree option. I created /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf with contents:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
Option "AccelMethod" "sna"
Option "TearFree" "true"
EndSection
But this had no effect.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: linux-image-3.8.0-27-generic 3.8.0-27.40
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-27.40-generic 3.8.13.4
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-27-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: user1 1467 F.... lxpanel
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iw'
CurrentDmesg:
[ 72.390428] serial8250: too much work for irq17
[ 72.401696] serial8250: too much work for irq17
[ 72.411724] serial8250: too much work for irq17
[ 82.046726] serial8250: too much work for irq17
Date: Wed Aug 14 17:39:10 2013
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=8adf1633-c1a8-4392-8fc3-44369bc85692
IwConfig:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
Lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation Dimension 2400
MarkForUpload: True
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-27-generic root=UUID=a41f2f68-7642-46f9-88d8-08a656c1c40d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-27-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-27-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.106
RfKill:
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/02/2003
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.bios.version: A05
dmi.board.name: 0F5949
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corp.
dmi.board.version: A01
dmi.chassis.type: 15
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA05:bd12/02/2003:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnDimension2400:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorp.:rn0F5949:rvrA01:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct15:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Dimension 2400
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
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