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["W. Prins" <wprins@xxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xorg

I've got a slightly strange problem that I'm filing as a bug since it
might potentially hit other users.  Basically the desktop is not
updating/refreshing properly when I log into my pre-existing user after
re-installing with Lucid from scratch. (I have a seperate /home
partition and usually upgrade by nuking the system partition and
reinstalling while retaining my /home partition and user files.  This
has not been a problem until now.)

Things I've tried:
1.) Created a new test user with no prior history.  This presents no problem.
2.) User my original user as is.  Doesn't work -- desktop displays but any further clicks/windows are not displayed unless you switch displays in some fashion (VT switch, Super-E and back to zoom out and zoom in again) or such, at which point the display does update as expected, but is then stuck again as before.
3.) I've tried overwriting/copying the clean-state test user's profile files on top of my existing user account files.  Behaviour is same as reported in 2.)  This implies that the problem is possibly caused by a remnant or setting taken over from my prior install that's not been overwritten by the copy from the test user.  

Any suggestions on how to track down what might be wrong and/or which
configuration folders I should nuke to try and rectify this problem
would be appreciated.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jun 17 18:17:19 2010
DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1)
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=d6e1dc20-b4d1-4fb0-9864-f0b722538fb2 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
dmi.bios.date: 06/17/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1007.003
dmi.board.name: K8VSEDX
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.board.version: Rev 2.00
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1007.003:bd06/17/2005:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnK8VSEDX:rvrRev2.00:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
system:
 distro:             Ubuntu
 codename:           lucid
 architecture:       x86_64
 kernel:             2.6.32-21-generic

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid

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Screen does not refresh properly on ATI Radeon 9800 since Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 on pre-existing user
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