[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression)
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Debian) Status: Unknown => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 Title: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/304514/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression)
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel Importance: Unknown => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 Title: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression) -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression)
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel Importance: Medium => Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 Title: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression) -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression)
Aschwin, thanks for the update. I'm going to go ahead and mark this Fix Released for now based on Jerry's feedback. Thanks. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression)
As it is on old Omnibook 510 of which the docking station no longer functions and thus I currently have no CD-drive, I haven't yet taken the time to buy a HD and install Ubuntu on it before replacing the broken HD. It would, however, be interesting to know whether the bug is indeed fixed, but alas I don't think it will happen any time soon. :-( It was nevertheless very interesting to follow this bug-report, and I am happy that this obscure bug was repeatable by someone else and likely fixed at the moment. :-D -Aschwin -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression)
@Aschwin, since you are the original bug reporter, can you comment if this is now resolved for you as well (assuming you've been able to replace the HD as mentioned in comment 15)? Thanks. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Incomplete -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression)
Surprise! 2.6.31-3 karmic update & dist-upgrade and no smears! Font smear problem fixed on this i830 IBM Thinkpad R31. Video performance is still pretty sluggish at 65 seconds on GtkPerf compared to Intrepid at 36 seconds however that's another launchpad bug #399559. Thanks, Jerry -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression)
2.6.31-2 karmic font smears very much. The screen looks like black ink blots sprayed all over it. It's back to intrepid to do any useful work on this Thinkpad R31 i830. Do note that KMS is causing video performance to get slower and slower example compare GtkPerf from Ubuntu Synaptic. Half the letters in this sentence are ink blotches, and I just updated and dist-upgraded and re- booted moments ago. Thanks for anyone's help on this problem. Oops, now they are all black. Jerry -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression)
Below is the git commit id for the patch which fixed the upstream bug referenced here. This patch is already in the 3.6.31-1.14 Karmic kernel. However, it seems the hardware reported here is different than the hardware reported in the upstream bug report. Might be good to open a new bug report upstream to track this issue against this specific hardware. Thanks. ogasaw...@emiko:~/ubuntu-karmic$ git log 07f4f3e8a24138ca2f3650723d670df25687cd05 commit 07f4f3e8a24138ca2f3650723d670df25687cd05 Author: Kristian Høgsberg Date: Wed May 27 14:37:28 2009 -0400 i915: Set object to gtt domain when faulting it back in ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression)
Font smear very much still with us on karmic 2.6.31-1 as updated on 20090704. Either Ubuntu never picked up the fix from upstream on bugzilla 21415 or else the fix doesn't work or whatever. For useful work on this IBM Thinkpad R31 it's still Intrepid which doesn't smear. Jaunty and karmic do. Jerry -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression)
>From the upstream bug, this one needs a kernel patch as its solution. Resetting bug to the kernel. ** Tags added: xorg-needs-kernel-fix ** Package changed: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression)
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel Status: Unknown => Fix Released -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression)
I feel your pain, Jerry :( It looks like the patch fd.o is queued up to go into Linus's branch shortly but hasn't made it yet [1]. I'd guess that without any hangups, it will go into the 2.6.31 release. Conveniently, that's also the kernel version targeted for the final Karmic release as well [2]. If you're feeling adventurous and want to compile the kernel yourself, check out [3]. You would want to use the git source and get the patch in from there. I was also able to find (while looking up that patch) a reference to it in the #ubuntu-x IRC channel [4] (search for 07f4f3e8a24138ca2f3650723d670df25687cd05). There's a lot of signal in that log, so it would be a good one to be familiar with. So I guess the short of it is to wait for the fix to make it in. To get a better idea of how the patch is being handled, you should ask on #ubuntu-x. [1] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21415#c28 [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/specs/KernelKarmicKernelDecisionSession [3] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile [4] http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2009/05/28/%23ubuntu-x.txt -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression)
** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #21415 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21415 ** Also affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel via https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21415 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #529798 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=529798 ** Also affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=529798 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression)
Karmic A2 release still has font smear. Is there any data we can get to help? This bug has been around since the "NoAccel" problem was fixed in the Intel drivers on Jaunty in Februrary. Upstream thinks they fixed it on Bugzilla Bug 21415 released and verified on June 3. Any chance Ubuntu will pick up the fix? Thanks, Jerry -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression)
2.6.30,8 karmic daily build 6/06 still has font smear on i830. Easy to reproduce, with Firefox running start gtkperf. Apparently the proposed fixes in Debian Bugzilla 21415 have not made it into the karmic build yet. Jerry -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression)
Bugzilla 21415 may well be the same problem. Some comments there said that turning swap off helped. This Thinkpad R31 has 512 mb and is not very happy with swap off, however it does run. The font smear or corruption (extra bits) is slower in appearing. I'll attach Xorg.0.log with swap off and font corruptions accumulating. . On this Thinkpad the trouble appeared about the time the driver was updated so Option "NoAccel" was not necessary. The driver in use is 2.7.0. Jerry ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log after a few minutes with corruption appearing." http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26658138/Xorg.0.log -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression)
Unfortunately, the HD died on the laptop, and I haven't gotten around replacing it as it is already an old laptop, and the docking station isn't working at all, so no life-cd trials either. :-( If I do get a replacement, I'll give both a try again. -Aschwin -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression)
Jerry: Just a couple more things and I think we'll be ready to send this upstream: - a before/after Xorg.0.log from the non-working 2.7.0 and the working version in Intrepid - whether Aschwin's xrandr resolution switching clears things up - an updated screenshot if corruption has changed Aschwin: You reported that things were fine in Hardy but not in Intrepid, but Jerry doesn't seem to be having a problem with Intrepid. Could you please also post a before/after Xorg.0.log? I'm curious what the driver versions we're looking at are here. -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression)
** Summary changed: - [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use + [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression) ** Tags added: regression -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use (Hardy->Intrepid regression) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use
Andrew, Sure is an issue on IBM Thinkpad R31 i830, updated to rc4 etc. Run GtkPerf a couple of times and text is essentially black blotches and unreadable. Let me give the 2.7.0 driver a try. It's using 2.6.3 driver now. Jaunty's running well otherwise, however I do get an occasional hang for all I know might be related to whatever is spraying random pixels onto the fonts. Jerry -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use
Andrew, Installed 2.7.0 driver as reported by Xorg.0.log. I was able to run GtkPerf three times O.K., fonts O.K. Then I startedl firefox and over half the fonts in this message are big black blotches. For what it is worth, GtkPerf was about 2% faster with 2.7.0 than 2.6.3 however it doesn't mean buch since to do any meaningful work at all I've got to boot up Intrepid. Nice having dual boot. Tried taking screenshot but couldn't read the window. Jerry -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use
Is this still an issue on Jaunty? We're putting a lot of effort into the -intel driver for the upcoming release, and we'd like to send your bug upstream if possible. But first, we need to collect more information. Please report whether the card works in Jaunty, and if not, give the new 2.7.0 driver a shot. It can be found here: https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates/ Thanks! ** Tags added: corruption i830 intel -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use
Font smear shows up pretty quickly running GtkPerf from Synaptic. Jerry -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use
uname -a from thinkpad Linux Thinkpad 2.6.30-020630rc4-generic #020630rc4 SMP Fri May 1 09:06:03 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux Also xorg Note, about once a day the laptop freezes up on jaunty rc4. Does not on Intrepid. Has not this morning. Jerry ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf from Thinkpad" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26431766/xorg.conf%7E -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use
Xorg.0.log from Thinkpad Jerry ** Attachment added: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log with font smear" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26431714/Xorg.0.log -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use
IBM Thinkpad R31 with i830 integrated graphics is just about unreadable with jaunty after a few minutes. Intrepid no problem at all. Jaunty performance generally good, a bit jerky with flash small window, jerky on full screen flash. As I writhe this note, most characters in what I'm typing are clobbered. As requested in a couple notes preceding, here are lspci-vvnn, xorg.conf which has uxa and tiling false, uname -a showing linux image rc4, Xorg.0.log fontsmear.jpg from screen capture. This fontsmear stuff started about the time the "NoAccel" wasl not required any more. Thanks for any ideas. Jerry ** Attachment added: "screen capture showing smeared fonts" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26431670/fontsmear.jpg -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use
lspci from Thinkpad, a nice usable laptop with Intrepid, near useless in jaunty. jerry ** Attachment added: "lspci from Thinkpad" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26431706/lspci-vvnn -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 304514] Re: [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use
I tried to flush the font cache somehow, but couldn't find a way other than using xrandr to change resolution and back to the previous resolution. It is a fair work-around. -- [i830] Fonts smear after a while of use https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs